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65th Congress! 
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SENATE 



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JAMES H. BRADY 

(Late a Senator from Idaho) 

MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 

DELIVERED IN THE SENATE 

AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OF THE UNITED STATES 

SKTY-FHTH CONGRESS 



Proceedings in the Senate 
January 19, 1919 



Proceedings in the House 
January 26, 1919 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

Proceedings in the Senate 5 

Prayer by Rev. Forrest J. Pretty man, D.D 5 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. William E. Borah, of Idaho 9 

Mr. Charles S. Thomas, of Colorado 12 

Mr. George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon 14 

Mr. Reed Smoot, of Utah 17 

Mr. Atlee Pomerene, of Ohio 19 

Mr. Carroll S. Page, of Vermont 22 

Mr. Henry F. Hollis, of New Hampshire 24 

Proceedings in the House of Representatives 27 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 29 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Addison T. Smith, of Idaho 33 

Mr. Benjamin C. Hilliard, of Colorado 43 

Mr. Richard W. Austin, of Tennessee 47 

Mr. Milton H. Welling, of Utah 50 

Mr. John M. Evans, of Montana 53 

Mr. Benjamin L. Fairchild, of New York 55 

Mr. Edward C. Little, of Kansas 57 

Mr. Frank W. Mondell, of Wyoming 65 

Mr. Clifton N. McArthur, of Oregon 68 

Mr. Burton L. French, of Idaho 70 

Appendix — Newspaper comments, memorials, editorials, 

and condolences- - 77 



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DEATH OF HON. JAMES H. BRADY 



Proceedings in the Senate 

Monday, January H, 1918. 
The Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered 
the following prayer: 

Almighty God, our hearts are saddened as we come to- 
gether by the news of the death of another Member of this 
Senate. We thank Thee for the life and character of the 
distinguished Senator who has gone from our midst. We 
will cherish his memory. He was among us who served 
faithfully and devotedly the interests of his country, kind 
and generous in his friendships, patriotic, and consecrated 
to the highest ideals of Christian civilization. We pray 
that Thou wilt impress us this day with the great fact that 
in the midst of life we are in death, that we may catch the 
inspirations of life from the sweet memories that linger 
with us of those who have gone before us and conform our 
lives to the Divine ideals, that we may be ready for the 
passage into that eternal world beyond. For Christ's sake. 
Amen. 

Mr. Borah. Mr. President, it becomes my painful duty 
to announce the death of my colleague, which took place 
in this city at his home yesterday at 6.30 p. m. 

This is not the time, Mr. President, to enter upon a dis- 
cussion of the life and services of Mr. Brady. On some 
future day I shall ask the Senate to set aside a time to 
consider his life and public services. 

For the present, Mr. President, I offer the following reso- 
lutions and ask for their consideration. 

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The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous 
consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard, with deep regret and pro- 
found sorrow of the death of Hon. James H. Brady, late a Sena- 
tor from the State of Idaho. 

Resolved, That a conuuittee of 10 Senators be appointed by the 
Vice President to take order for superintending the funeral of 
the late Senator. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
the House of Representatives. 

The Vice President, under the second resolution, ap- 
pointed tlie Senator from Idaho [Mr. Borah], tlie Senator 
from NcNv Hampshire [Mr. Gallinger], the Senator from 
Utah [Mr. Smoot], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Harding], 
the Senator from Wyojning [Mr. Warren], the Senator 
from Oregon [Mr. Chamberlain], the Senator from Colo- 
rado [Mr. Thomas], the Senator from I'tali [Mr. King], 
the Senator from Florida [Mr. Fletcher], and the Senator 
from Kentucky [Mr. Beckham] as the committee on the 
part of tlie Senate. 

Mr. Borah. Mr. President, as a further mark of respect 
to the dead, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to, and (at 12 
o'clock and .^) minutes j). m.) tin- Senate adjounu-d until 
to-morrow, Tuesday, January 1."), 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m. 

TrESDAY. Jaiuiory /.), lOlS. 
A message from tlie House of llepresentativis, by G. F. 
Turner, one of its clerks, transmitted to the Senate resolu- 
tions on the death of Hon. James H. Brady, late .i Senator 
from the State of Idaho. 

Ti ESDAY. JaiiiKinj 7. I'JIO. 
Mr. Borah. Mr. President, the lOlh of January has been 
set apart as the day to liear addresses upon llu' lift .ind 
services of the late Senator rialliiiger. 1 dtsiri' to give 
notice that at the same time a<idresses will be made ujion 
the life and services of the late Senator Brady. 

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Proceedings in the Senate 



Sunday, January 19. 1919. 

Mr. Borah. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions which 
I send to the desk. 

The Vice President. The resohitions will be read. 

The resolutions (S. Res. 418) were read, considered by 
unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as fol- 
lows : 

Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow in 
the death of the Hon. James H. Brady, late a Senator from the 
State of Idaho. 

Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased the Senate, in pursuance of an order heretofore made, 
assembles to enahle his associates to pay proper tribute to his 
high character and distinguished public services. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the 
family of the deceased. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Borah, of Idaho 

Mr. President : Hon. James H. Brady, late Senator from 
the State of Idaho, was born in the State of Pennsylvania 
June 12, 1862. When yet a child he went West with his 
parents and located in the State of Kansas. His experi- 
ence was that of most young men coming into the West 
and seeking for better things. He was educated at the 
public schools, taught school for several j^ears, afterwards 
attended the Leavenworth Normal College. He became 
interested in the newspaper business and afterwards 
engaged in the real-estate business. He moved to Idaho 
in 1895, where he immediately took an important place in 
the industrial affairs of the State, giving his attention par- 
ticularly to the development of irrigation projects, farm- 
ing, the development of power sites, and banking. He 
was very successful as a business man and came to be a 
man of wealth, as men of wealth are measured in that 
part of the country. He was active in business affairs and 
veiy successful in all busiaess matters up to the time of 
his death. 

He became interested in politics shortly after his com- 
ing into the State and at once took the position of a leader 
in the Republican Party. He was a delegate to the Re- 
publican national conventions in 1900, 1908, and 1916, and 
chairman of the Republican State central committee of 
Idaho from 1904 to 1908. He received the entire vote of 
the Republican convention for governor of the State of 
Idaho in the fall of 1908 and was elected governor Novem- 
ber 3 of that year. During that time he also acted as 

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Memorial Addresses: Senator Br.\dy 



president of the Trans-Mississippi Ccjnmurcial Congress. 
When Senator Weldon B. Heyburn died Mr. Braoy was 
elected, Januarj' 24, 1913, to fill out the unexpired term, 
lie was reelected by the vote of his people November 3, 
1914. 

Mr. President, as governor of the State Mr. Brady 
devoted his talents particularly to the organization of 
those departments of our State government which have 
to do with wliat might be called the business interests of 
the State. In fact, under our constitution and under our 
Slate organization llie governor of the State becomes, in a 
large measure, the business manager or director of the 
State; and Senator Br.\dy devoted his time particularly 
to the concrete questions which had to do with the devel- 
opment and growth of his State. He did not shirk, either 
in time or with reference to liis personal expenditure, tak- 
ing care of those things whicli liad to <!() with the develop- 
ment of our undeveloped resources and inviting citizens 
from different parts of the country lo share with us in the 
development of those resources. 

Senator Brady was a successful business man, pains- 
taking, thorough, and of untiring industry, lie was 
always generous with his means. It is safe to say that no 
deserving charity, no needy individual was ever turned 
away without some assistance or sonu> help. He gave 
continuously and generously to all tilings which hixl to 
do with the betterment of society and to augmenting the 
happiiU'ss of his fellows. When he came to llu' Senate 
he gave to llie ])nl)lie the same untiring energy, (he same 
close, conscientious study and consideration of public 
questions that lie had given to liis jjrivate adairs. He 
seemed to transfer all his energy and ability and l)Usiness 
training to the service of his State and tin- (lovermnent. 
His attention to (hity, bis close application to public 
afl'airs, evi-n after he was infonucd of his sliMllcred lieaitli. 



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Address of Mr. Borah, of Idaho 



was a matter of comment by his colleagues and of anxiety 
to his friends. He was not willing to take his needed 
rest. He felt that his duty was here in the Senate, and 
faithfully he remained at his post until actually confined 
through broken health to his room at home. Genial, 
always considerate of his colleagues, broad-minded, and 
generous hearted, he was respected by all who knew him. 

When the war came, Mr. President, no one in this 
Chamber gave more undivided support to the great con- 
flict in which we were engaged than did Senator Brady. 
It will always, perhaps, be a matter of debate in the minds 
of Senators as to just what their duty is toward the ex- 
ecutive department of the Government in time of conflict. 
Some may entertain the opinion that they should still ex- 
ercise their independent judgment with reference to mat- 
ters which touch, directly or indirectly, the prosecution 
of the war. Others feel it more their duty to yield to the 
suggestions of the Commander in Chief of the Army and 
the Navy. That matter is not a subject of debate here and 
now, but it is safe to say that Senator Brady concluded 
that it was his duty to follow the Commander in Chief, 
and, without hesitation, he did so in all instances which 
had to do with the support of the late war. 

His death was a peculiarlj' sad one. Just entering upon 
his second term as Senator, while yet a comparatively 
young man, with a beautiful and happy home, the future 
seemed full of promise. But it was at this time that the 
dread summons came, and he, responding with the same 
cheerfulness, the same uncomplaining fortitude, went 
with the silent messenger to the undiscovered country'. 



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Address of Mr. Thomas, of Color.^do 

Mr. President: My acquaintance with the late Senator 
Brady began after his entry into this body. He was as- 
signed to the Committee on Military AlTairs, of which I 
was a member, and our duties upon tliat committee natur- 
ally brought us into close and continued contact. Senator 
Br.\dy gave to the duties of that committee his undivided 
attention. He endeavored to familiarize himself with the 
military code and with regulations and recommendations 
of the War Department, that the service he rendered in 
the consideration both of recommendations and of bills 
referred to the committee might reflect the ripe fruits of 
a successful business experience upon full knowledge of 
the subject involved. 

Some of us are prone at times to be lax in the discharge 
of our committee duties, feeling llial ullurs will bear the 
burden and that personal attention is not therefore a mat- 
ter of mandatory importance. Senator Rhadv never so 
felt nor acted. Others miglil be absent from tlie meetings 
of tlie committee; others might, for many reasons, be un- 
acquainted or unfamiliar witli its work and with the char- 
acter and i)urpose of the bills referred to it for considera- 
tion, but Senator Brady never. He was always in his seat 
and always vigilant and active both in attention and in 
inquiry. 

His talents were not of the brilliant variety; they were 
solid, practical, substantial, and if it be true, as Nhicaulay 
says, that genius is l)ul anothtr name for a capacity for 
hard work and unremitting labor, tlien Senator Brady 
was a genius. 

He was finding himself, so to speak, wlien the summons 
came, liitil llic dcilaralion of the existi nee of a slate of 

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Address of Mr. Thomas, of Colorado 

war with Germany Senator Brady's participation in de- 
bate upon the floor was intermittent and fitful. I observed 
that he was self-conscious and seemed to speak under the 
restraint of new surroundings. This, however, was dis- 
appearing, and he took part in the discussion of affairs 
connected with the War Department with a continually 
growing confidence in himself, based largely upon his 
familiarity with the work in hand and with the subject 
requiring consideration and upon the exercise of faculties 
which had outgrown the limitations of novel environment 
and a critical audience. 

Bringing to bear upon the duties of the Senate the best 
faculties with which a Senator is endowed is the liighest 
possible service to himself and to the country. Measured 
by that standard. Senator Brady was one of the most use- 
ful Members of this body. He was industrious, vigilant, 
painstaking, and conscientious. He loved his country and 
his State, appreciated the dignity and the duties of the 
high position which his people had conferred upon him, 
and reflected credit upon them and upon himself so long 
as he spoke for them and for the Nation. 



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Address of Mr. Chamberlain, of Oregon 

Mr. President: My first intimate acquaintance with and 
friendship for Senator Brady commenced when he entered 
the Senate and later became a member of the Militan,' 
Affairs Committee and of the Committee on Agriculture 
and Forestry. Both of us took a deep interest in those 
committees because the work that came to both had 
much to do with the development of the western portion 
of the countrj'. 

As has been said by the Senator from Colorado "^Mr. 
Thomas], Senator Brady's coui-se in the Military AiVairs 
Committee was marked by his attention to everj- duty 
that devolved upon him, and the same may be said witli 
reference to the other great committee of which he was 
a member, namely, the Committee on Agriculture and 
Forestn-. While it has often been the case that many 
Senators pay little attenlion to the important duties which 
devolve upon committees, this can not be said of iiini in 
reference to his attendance upon and work with the coni- 
Miittees of the Senate of whicii \\v w;is a member, antl par- 
ticularly the committees to whieli 1 liavt- referred. He 
was always on hand; he always had strong opinions upon 
all of the matters tliat came before the Senate and its 
committees, and dared express them whenever it became 
his duty to do so. 

Mr. Pi-isi(l(iil, if I were Ut sjxmK hI' IIkiI whicli i-jiarac- 
teri/fd liiiii iiiosl stmngly in llu- Military .MVaii-s Com- 
niiltec, 1 would sjiy it was Ills distiiutive .\mericanism. 
Hdon- .\nurica iiilirfd iiilo llic war but aflrr tlu- first 
j^uii liad Ix'eii liri d in i"iir<)]ic lie li;i(l l)e};iiii to fei-1, as 
nianv of us diti, liial Vdk rii'ii nnisl cvcnliiMliy lueoiiu' 



Address of Mr. Chamberlain, of Oregon 

involved, and he believed in following a course in that 
committee that would place America in a proper position 
of preparation and defense if she did become involved. 
He felt not only that the Army ought to be properly reor- 
ganized, but he felt that the young men of America ought 
to be so trained that if it did become necessary to draw 
upon the body of citizenship for the young men who were 
to fight the battles of America there would be created a 
reservoir from which they could be drawn. The correct- 
ness of his opinion, Mr. President, was fortified by sub- 
sequent events. America did become involved, and 
America did have to draw, not from a prepared body of 
young men, as he and others of us of the committee would 
have had it, but from a selected body of young men under 
the draft law to fill the armies which were to fight the bat- 
tles of our country. 

Senator Brady stood not only for universal military 
training, Mr. President, when it was very unpopular to 
take that position, but he stood as well for another great 
act which when he first became an advocate of it was also 
unpopular, and that was the selective-service law. What- 
ever was necessary to be done with reference to these two 
measures and whatever was necessaiy to be done in order 
to raise an efficient and an effective army he stood for. 

As his colleague the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Borah] 
stated a while ago, he sometimes hesitatingly surrendered 
his own judgment as to what was best to be done for fear 
that by antagonizing the wishes of the Commander in 
Chief of the Army and Navy he might by such course 
in some way impair the efficiency of his own country in 
a war which probably meant its life or its death. He 
thoroughly believed that it was America's duty to play the 
part which she did play and to lend the assistance which 
she did lend to win the war which followed. He talked 
with me many times about this and was always active in 

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di)ing whatever seemed necessan* to raise an efficient 
fighting force. 

Another strong and distinguished characteristic of 
Senator Brady, Mr. President, was his devotion to the 
West and to his State and its interests. He favored the 
development of the resources of the West, and was always 
vigilant to do whatever was most conducive to the promo- 
tion of those interests and to the advancement of the 
States of the West amongst the States of the Union. 
His attention to dutj' in this regard was, as has been said 
by others, marked in cverj' way because he was always 
present in committees and in the Senate to do whatever 
was necessary' to that end. 

He was a lovable, chivalrous, and generous soul, and 
all of us who came in close contact willi him found that 
he was a man of kindly heart and gentleness of disposi- 
tion; but with it all, Mr. President, there was a firmness 
about him which made it easy for him to say " yes " or 
" no " as his duty directed. Even, sometimes at the ex- 
pense of offending one who differed with him, he hesi- 
tated not at any time to do his duty. 

In his death not only the Senate but his State and the 
Nation have lost a splendid and a useful citizen and 
public servant. Duly to him was his all-absorbing passion 
and — 

III- workcil attL-ndcil ' 

By a strong-nidinR champion — conscience — 

bringing to iiis work the strong commun sense of a failli- 
ful, honest man. 



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Address of Mr. Smoot, of Utah 

Mr. President: How uncertain life is! We are here 
to-day and to-morrow we pass to the great beyond; and, 
no matter what position or station in life we occupy, the 
world moves on with scarcely a ripple, the ranks close 
up, and the sti'uggle for advancement and existence con- 
tinues. 

A comparatively short time before the death of the late 
Senator James H. Brady even his closest friends thought 
he had long years of active service ahead of him. If I 
had been asked who, among all the Senators, would be 
most likely to live a quarter of a century longer, I would 
have named among the first half dozen Senator Brady. 

We have in his death another evidence that in the very 
presence of life there is death. It is fitting upon occasions 
of this character that we turn from the turmoil of civil 
duties to consider the work of the reaper death. These 
are times of solemnity and bereavement, and language 
can not portray the emotions of the soul; yet, on the other 
hand, they teach us the lesson that there is an overruling 
Power directing tlie lives of men and nations. They 
teach us that no man can justly glory in his strength, or 
stretch forth his hand and stay the sentence of death, or 
defy the dread summons to join the innumerable hosts 
whose way lies through the portals of the tomb. They 
remind us that no man can tell the day or the hour when 
his earthly estate shall be closed and an account asked for 
of the deeds done in the body. 

Senator Brady has passed away, but his works live 
after him. His body now lies in the grave; but the influ- 
ence of the life of a good, brave, honorable man remains 
as a legacy to us and his loved ones. The teaching of 

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faith, the consolation of religion, our inborn conviction 
of immortality, may temper the sorrow of those who 
loved him; but tlic wound inflicted by his early call to a 
better life can only be completely healed by an assurance 
that they will meet him face to face when their summons 
to the great beyond is received. 

The people of Idaho honored and trusted him, and he 
was always faithful to their interest. They greatly re- 
spected him, and he gave them his personal aflcction in 
return. He won their support by his fidelity tu duly. 
His public record is one of which his family and friends 
may be justly proud. He died in the midst of his labors 
and his honors, at the verj' moment of his largest useful- 
ness in the world. 

The character of such a man is not an accident. It 
illustrates not only the principles of American life, but 
the benevolent working of the laws under which the prog- 
ress of society is made sure. He made his own way in 
life, and whatever success was attained by him came 
tlirough a constant and ever-steady application of the 
best that was in him, always having the goal of his ambi- 
tions in sight. We lose much in his death, but tliose 
nearer and dearer lose more. I can simply say that the 
tenderness and solicitude which he evidenced for his 
friends and loved onis were wortliy of a son of God. May 
the peace and consolation of the Divine Master evir bless 
and comfort tliosc wlio arc lift to mourn. 



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Address of Mr. Pomerene, of Ohio 

Mr. President : On occasions such as this we realize the 
emptiness of words when we try to give voice to the 
sentiments of the heart. As we meet the friends and fam- 
ily of a deceased associate whom we loved about all we 
can do is to extend a hand in silent sympathy and breathe 
a prayer that the God above may lighten the burden and 
solace the hearts of the bereaved. 

I would prefer to sit silently by and listen to the words 
of others who speak in eulogy; but it would be doing vio- 
lence to my feelings if I failed to say a word of apprecia- 
tion for an associate and a friend whom I had learned to 
love and esteem. 

Born in Pennsylvania, educated in Kansas, school- 
teacher, editor, business man, one of the high counselors 
of his partj', governor of his adopted State, and later a 
Senator in this Chamber, the career of Hon. James H. 
Brady was typically American. 

Senator Brady was one of the working Members of this 
body. He had not been here long until his colleagues who 
had not had the pleasure of his acquaintance in his earlier 
life began to recognize in him that sound business capacity 
which was so well known among his constituents and 
which had persuaded them to confer upon him the highest 
honors within their gift, both in party and State councils. 

His work here in the Senate was by no means limited to 
those subjects which concerned the great West, but it is 
only fair to say that they were first in his heart's affections. 
This was not because he did not take an interest in the wel- 
fare of the entire country, for he had an abiding faith in its 
destiny and its greatness, but because he saw the tre- 
mendous natural resources of the great "West — saw them 

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Me.mohiai. Audhesses : Scnatoh Bhadv 



going to waste, or, at least, not being utilized for the bene- 
fit of mankind. He yearned to make the western region 
blossom as the rose; and I confess I synipatliized with 
him (hen, and I sympathize now with tlie Senators of the 
undeveloped States of the West in tlieir ambitions to make 
their resources serve mankind, and to do it now. It is all 
very well to have an eye for the good of generations yet 
unborn, but they will be the more benefited if the present 
generation shall hand to their unborn children these re- 
sources in a stale of development rather Hum in a state of 
nature. 

Senator Brady realized this very fully, and hence his 
unwavering interest in tliis great section of the country. 

And now, when our victorious soldiers are returning 
from the field of battle, or from the cantonments where 
they have been in training for the defense of the world's 
civilization, the duly rests upon the Government to give 
them their opportunity for life's great work, and the Con- 
gress ought lo give more lliought lo tlie resources of the 
great West and their development, as well as their reason- 
able conservation. The God of nature gave us these re- 
sources for the benefit of man. They were not intended to 
be wrapped in a napkin and hxid away. 

If Senator Bhady were here to-day his colleagues who 
served with him know willi wliat intensity of purpose he 
would have devoted his time and talents to this work, not 
only llial our brave soldiers might be benefited thereby 
bill llial all mankiiiil could be piospered. He who serves 
the present also serves llie fuUire, and lie who seeks to so 
dispose of nature's boiuilv as to serve the fulun' at the 
expense of Hie present serves luilher. This is a day for 
practical men and not for dnamei-s, and Senator Buady 
was a practical man. 

Wlien Seiuitor Buady first eamc to tiic Senate lu' was 
not given iiuicli to speecli making; but alU i- a liinc, and 

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Address of Mr. Pomerene, of Ohio 



•as he became more familiar with his surroundings, " and 
of the fullness of his heart," he spoke more frequently. 
While we would not class him as an eloquent speaker, he 
was always well equipped with his facts and expressed 
himself fluently, clearly, and convincingly. 

His colleagues were always glad to have the benefit of 
his suggestions on any subject; and if they did not always 
agree with him they respected his views on any legislative 
problem. And who did not like him as a friend and asso- 
ciate? Always genial and gracious, always kindly and 
generous, always i-eady to lend a helping hand in any 
worthy cause, always of even temper. No one who knew 
him could think of his doing an unmanly thing or of 
uttering a harsh word toward his fellow men. 

The world is the better for his having lived. All who 
were privileged to know him regret his untimely tak- 
ing off. 

Peace to his ashes ! 



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Address of Mr. Page, of Vermont 

Mr. President : I deem it a privilege to have this oppor- 
tunity to add my humble tribute of esteem and affection 
to the memory of our honored colleague. Senator Brady. 

Although born in Pennsylvania and educated in Kansas, 
Senator Brady was distinctively of that type of forceful, 
constructive business men who were developed by the 
environment peculiar to our far West in the latter part 
of the last century. 

In the last decade of the nineteenth century Idaho was 
conspicuously a mining State. The census of 1890 gives 
us this notable fact — that in this Conmaonwealth, whose 
entire taxable valuation was $31,000,000, there was pro- 
duced in a single year more than lialf tlinl value of lead, 
silver, and gold. To-day Idaho is a fiourisliing agricul- 
tural State; and it is perhaps in the impetus he gave to 
her growth along these lines that Senator Brady made his 
most important contribution to her welfare. His natural 
instincts as a farmer, combined with his great and force- 
ful ability as an irrigationist, gave him a broad and ambi- 
tious conception of what Idaho might become agricul- 
turally. 

Senator Brady was a constructor, a builder — the very 
spirit of the practical. At the same lime he bad a vision, 
and ill the vast development of bis great irrigation proj- 
ects his vision was realized. lie, indeetl, caused two 
blades of grass to grow where but one — nay, perhaps 
none gri'w before. 

Senator Brady brougiit lo tlir United States Senate tlie 
resulLs of a ripe praelical experience, coupled witli an 
eiu-rgy and i-nthusiasin rarely excelled in uiir |)ui>lie men. 



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Address of Mr. Page, of Vermont 



I first knew Senator Brady by close association when in 
1913 he became a member of the Committee on Agricul- 
ture and Forestry. He promptly took up his work on that 
great committee with sagacity and diligence and brought 
to bear upon its labors that practical mind and sound 
judgment which soon made him one of the leading figures 
in the consideration of matters connected with that very 
important committee. I early came to learn that when- 
ever Senator Brady expressed an opinion on the com- 
mittee's deliberation a valuable contribution had been 
made. 

My personal relations with Senator Brady were always 
most pleasant. There was a very lovable side to his char- 
acter, a cheerful courtesy and a kindness of heart which 
greatly endeared him to those who were permitted to en- 
joy a more intimate association with him. 

One of the most beautiful of Washington's many beau- 
tiful homes was that of the late Senator Nixon. After 
Senator Nixon's death Senator Brady purchased the 
Nixon estate and beautified and improved it until it was 
among the most attractive in Washington. Here Senator 
Brady delighted to bring his friends to enjoy that cordial 
hospitality over which his charming wife presided so 
graciously. 

His colleagues in the Senate have lost a wise counselor 
and colaborer and a genial friend. An excellent governor 
has passed on; and in Senator Brady's death the Nation, 
as well as Idaho, has suffered an irreparable loss. 



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Address of Mr. Hollis, of New Hampshire 

Mr. President: Because of the absence of the junior 
Senator from Idaho [Mr. Nugent] on account of illness, 
I am quite willing to close the services by saying a few 
words of appreciation of our late colleague. Senator 
Brady. 

If, as we love to think, the United States excels the older 
civilizations in point of strength and elTiciency, it is be- 
cause of the all-round character of her leading citizens. 
In the older countries men are prone to live their lives in 
the places where they were born, surrounded by tiie 
traditions and hampered by the prejudices of their native 
disti'icls. 

In the lives of the two Senators whom we have eulogized 
here to-day we can not fail to be struck by the change and 
variety that came into their lives. Senator Gallinger was 
born in Canada and came to the United States and lived 
most of his life in New Hampshire. He began as a 
j)rinler; he became a physician; then a public num and a 
distinguished Senator. Senator Bh.M)V was born in Penn- 
sylvania and moved westward with the Star of Kmpire. 
He taught school; lie was a printer; he became a l)anker 
and a business man. 

As long as the I'niled States of .\merica can produce 
men of this sort, men who are willing to sacrHiir lluir 
time and their ease to serve the Nation thoroughly ami 
well, we need not fear for its future. 

There was a brit/.iness and freslnu'ss and rugged (juality 
about Senator Hkadv liial always reminded me of llie 
West, where I myself began life at the age of 17 years. 

I was iKil nil ;iiiy I'dinmilti'c wilh St'nalor Hu\ll^ ami 1 
had no close association with him uiilil lie iircMmc a 



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member of the joint statutory committee of the two 
Houses with reference to the subject of rural credits. I 
was surprised to find what a diligent, intelligent, and 
active man Senator Brady was on committee work. We 
were doing our best to handle a very great subject. I 
came from the East, where I had little hope that the rural 
credits bill would be of benefit. Senator Brady came 
from the West, where he expected it to be of great benefit. 
I was the more radical of the two and believed more in 
Government aid than Senator Brady did. He brought to 
that work the experience and conservatism of a banker. 
Whenever we clashed it was the conservative East in the 
form of a radical against the radical West in the form of 
a conservative. But we were always able to hai'monize 
our differences and we finally met on common ground 
and supported the same measure to the end. 

I can very earnestly and sincerely pay my tribute to 
Senator Brady as one of the finest products of our Amer- 
ican civilization that it has ever been my pleasure to meet. 

Mr. President, as a further mark of respect to the 
memory of the deceased Senators, I move that the Senate 
do now adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to, and (at 1 
o'clock p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, 
Monday, January 20, 1919, at 12 o'clock meridian. 

Monday, January 27, 1019. 
A message from the House of Representatives, by J. C. 
South, its Chief Clerk, transmitted to the Senate resolu- 
tions on the life, character, and pviblic services of Hon. 
James H. Brady, late a Senator from the State of Idaho. 



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Monday, January Ik, i918. 
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, its enrolling 
clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the following 
resolutions : 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and pro- 
found sorrow of the death of Hon. James H. Brady, late a Sena- 
tor from the State of Idaho. 

Resolved, That a committee of 10 Senators be appointed by the 
Vice President to take order for superintending the funeral of 
the late Senator. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
the House of Representatives. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the deceased Senator the Senate do now adjourn. 

And that in compliance with the foregoing resolutions 
the Vice President had appointed Mr. Borah, Mr. Gal- 
linger, Mr. Smoot, Mr. Harding, Mr. Warren, Mr. Cham- 
berlain, Mr. Thomas, Mr. King, Mr. Fletcher, and Mr. Beck- 
ham as said committee. 

Mr. Smith of Idaho : Mr. Speaker, it becomes my sor- 
rowful dut}' to announce the death of Hon. James H. 
Brady, the junior Senator from Idaho, who passed away 
at his home in this city last evening after an illness of 
one week. Senator Brady was held in affectionate regard 
by the Members of the Senate and by those in this body 
who enjoyed an acquaintance with him, many of whom 
will desire to bear witness to his patriotic devotion to his 
country and his wise and intelligent counsel in legislative 
affairs; but this is not an appropriate time to eulogize his 
splendid life and accomplishments. 

The House will be requested at a later date to sus- 
pend temporarily its business in order that well-deserved 

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tribiilis may be paid tu his liigii character and distin- 
guished public service. 

I offer the following resolutions. 

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Park). The gentleman 
from Idaho offers the resolutions wliich the Clerk will 
report. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the- House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. James H. Brady, a Senator of the United States 
from the Slate of Idaho. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased 
Senator. 

Resolved, That a committee of 15 Members be appointed on the 
part of the House to join the committee appointed on the part of 
the Senate to attend the funeral. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect the House now 
adjourn. 

The resolutions were agreed to, and the Speaker ap- 
pointed as the committee on the part of the House Mr. 
Dill, Mr. French, Mr. Smith of Idaho, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Mil- 
liard, Mr. Evans, Mr. Gandy, Mr. Mays, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Romjue, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Austin, Mr. Benjamin L. Fair- 
child, Mr. Raker, and Mr. Mc.Vrthur. 

In accordance with the resolutions, the House (at 12 
o'clock and 1.") minutes p. m.) adjourned imlil Tuesday, 
January 15, 1018, at 12 o'clock noon. 



Ti'E.SDAY. Jamianj 7, 1919. 

Mr. Smith of Idaho. Mr. Speaker. 1 ask unanimous con- 
sent that Sunday, January 2(>, be set aside for addresses on 
the life, cliaracler, and serYices of llie late Senator Hhadv, 
(if idaiio. 

Tile Sl'F.AKi n pro It inixtre. Tlie gt ntiemau fioin Idaho 
asks uiiatiiiuous eotiseni tlial Sunday, .lanuar)' 2G, be set 

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aside for addresses on the life, character, and services of 
the late Senator Brady, of Idaho. 
There was no objection. 

Monday, January 20, 1919. 
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, its enroll- 
ing clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow in the 
death of the Hon. James H. Br^vdy, late a Senator from the State 
of Idaho. 

Resolved, Tliat as a mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased the Senate, in pursuance of an order heretofore made, 
assembles to enable his associates to pay proper tribute to his 
high character and distinguished public services. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the 
family of the deceased. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the deceased the Senate do now adjourn. 

Sunday, January 26, 1919. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to 
order by Mr. "Watkins as Speaker pro tempore. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
following prayer: 

We bless Thee, our Father in heaven, for the men who 
think deeply, act nobly, and accomplish deeds for the 
public weal, men who fix their thoughts on the eternal 
values of life and leave behind them paths which others 
may follow with impunity. 

Such were the men whose accomplishments and deeds 
we are here to record. They have gone, but their works 
live. 

Give us the intelligence, the courage, and grace to do 
the work Thou hast given us to do, that we may pass se- 
renely on to the larger life in the realms beyond. 

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Bless, we pray Thee, their colleagues, friends, and those 
who are nearest and dearest to them in life with the 
blessed hope of the life eternal. 

We are startled and our hearts are bowed down by the 
sudden and unexpected departure of anotlier Member of 
this House. Comfort us, we beseech Thee, and all who 
knew him, in Thine own way. 

Lives of great men all remind us 

Wc' can make our lives sublime. 
And, departing, leave behind us 

Footprints on the sands of time. 

Footprints, that perhaps another, 

Sailing o'er life's solemn main, 
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, 

Seeing, shall take heart again. 

Let us, then, be up and doing. 

With a heart for any fate; 
Still ai'iiieving, still pursuing. 

Learn to labor and to wait. 

And everlasting praise be Thine through Him \viu> 
taught us the way and the truth and the life. Amen. 

Mr. French assumed the chair as Speaker pro tempore. 
The Speakeh pro tempore. Tlie Clerk will report tlie 
next order of the day. 
The Clerk read as follows: 

On motion of Mr. Smith of Idaho, by unanimous consent, 
Ordered, That Sunda.N, January 2C, 1919, be set apart for ad- 
dresses upon the life, character, and public services of Hon. 
Jami:s H. Huadv. late a Senator from the Slate of Idaho. 

.Mr. S.NMTii ol Idaiiu. Mr. Speaker, 1 ntVci- tin tuilowing 
resolutions wliieh I send In tlu ilesk and ask to iiave read. 
The Clerk read as follows: 

Hesolved, Thiil the business of the Mouse he now suspended, 
that opportunity may be given fm- tiilmtes to the memory .if llnii. 

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James H. Brady, late a Senator of the United States from the 
State of Idaho. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career, the House, at the conclusion of the exercises of this day, 
shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
the family of the deceased. 

Mr. Smith of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, several Members have 
been detained and are unable to be present. I ask unani- 
mous consent that all Members may be permitted to 
extend their remarks in the Record; also that I may be 
permitted to insert in the Record some tributes from dif- 
ferent associations and some editorial comments. 

The Speaker pro tempore. Without objection, it will 
be so ordered. 

There was no objection. 

Mr. Smith of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from 
Wyoming [Mr. Mondell] expressed to me his keen regret 
that he could not be present with us to-day to participate 
in these memorial services, and he asked that he be given 
consent to extend his remarks in the Record. Also, I am 
in receipt of a telegram from Representative McArthur, 
of Oregon, advising me from New York City that he has 
been detained and can not reach here in time to partici- 
pate in these services. He asks also that he be permitted 
to extend his remarks in the Record. 

The Speaker pro tempore. Without objection, it will be 
so ordered. 

There was no objection. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Smith, of Idaho 

Mr. Speaker: The uncertainty of the tenure of human 
life has been most vividly brought to our attention by 
the numerous deaths in both branches of Congress during 
the last two years. Since the Sixty-fifth Congress was 
convened in special session on April 2, 1917, by procla- 
mation of President Wilson, 10 Senators and 13 Repre- 
sentatives have been called over the great divide. In no 
previous Congress, with one exception, has there been 
such a large mortality. 

The State that I have the honor in part to represent 
has lost two Senators by death during their term — Hon. 
Weldon B. Heyburn, whose illustrious career is still fresh 
in the memory of the people, and Hon. James H. Brady, 
whose splendid life, high character, and valued public 
service we have met here to-day to commemorate. 

It was my privilege to be intimately acquainted with 
Senator Brady and to enjoy his confidence for nearly a 
score of years. I was closely associated with him in the 
conduct of four political campaigns in our State and 
frequently visited him in his home. We shared each 
others' joys and successes, as well as our sorrows and 
disappointments, and I speak from personal knowledge 
of his noble traits of character, his liigh ideals, and his 
many attractive personal qualities. Those who are fa- 
miliar with his record in the Senate are unanimous in 
their opinion that no more patriotic, conscientious, or 
industrious man ever occupied a seat in either branch of 
Congress. He recognized the great responsibility of his 

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position and rejoiced in the opportunity it afforded for 
real service. His constant thought was as to how he 
could best contribute to the happiness, prosperity, and 
contentment of his constituency and the people generally 
throughout the country. 

Hon. James H. Brady was born on a farm in Indiana 
County, Pa., June 12, 1862, the son of John and Catherine 
(Lee) Brady, who were of Scotch-Irish descent. His an- 
cestor, Hugh Brady, emigrated to the United States and 
married Hannah McCormick, and two of their sons dis- 
tinguished themselves as soldiers. Samuel Brady at- 
tained the rank of captain, and his name became a house- 
hold word for braverj' and resourcefulness in Indian 
warfare in western Pennsylvania during the early years 
of the Nation. The other son, Hugh Brady, served as 
a colonel in the War of 1812. 

Senator Brady's grandfather, James Young Brady, set- 
tled on a farm in Indiana County, Pa., and served as a 
justice of the peace for 13 years. His son John engaged 
in farming and stock raising in the same county, and 
finally moved his family to Johnson County, Kans., where 
he purchased a farm within 20 miles of Kansas City, Mo. 
Here lie became active in politics and held several public 
jjositions of honor and trust. He was often called upon 
to settle disputes among the Kansas pioneers, and was 
commonly referred to liy his neighbors as Judge Brady. 

The late Senator attended the public schools of the dis- 
trict and the Leavenworth Normal College. He tauglit 
school for three years after receiving his dijiloma, titling 
himself in thi meantime for tlie practice of law. After 
editing a semiweekly newspaper for two years, he em- 
barked in the real estate business, with branch ollices in 
St. Loni.s, Mo., Ciiicago. 111., and Houston. Tix., in which 
he was very successful. Wiiile thus engage<l he became 
uccjuninted witii the wonderful irrigation and pttwer pos- 



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sibilities of the State of Idaho, and moved there in 1895. 
He at once became identified with the development of the 
Snake River Valley, and was the moving spirit in the con- 
struction of the Idaho Canal, the Mai-ysville Canal, and 
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation Canal. He also became 
interested in the development of water power in south- 
eastern Idaho, and organized the Idaho Consolidated 
Power Co., which developed the water power at American 
Falls, from which light and heat were supplied to the 
surrounding communities. 

His activity and long experience in irrigation affairs 
brought him the position of vice president of the National 
Irrigation Congress, 1896-1898, and membership on its ex- 
ecutive committee, 1900-1904. He was an influential fac- 
tor in this organization, through whose instrumentality 
great impetus was given toward securing the enactment 
of the national reclamation law. 

Senator Brady took an active interest in public affairs 
from early manhood. The same energy and executive 
ability which he displayed in his business enterprises dis- 
tinguished him as an organizer and leader in the Repub- 
lican Party, and his foresight, business intelligence, per- 
sonal popularity, and capacity for work became a valu- 
able asset to that party in Idaho soon after he became 
identified with the State. He was selected as a delegate 
to the Republican national conventions of 1900, 1908, and 
1916. He was chosen chairman of the Idaho delegation 
to the convention of 1908, and a member of the delegation 
selected by the convention to notify former President 
William H. Taft of his nomination at his home in Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

In 1904 he was selected as chairman of the Republican 
State central committee of Idaho, and again selected in 
1906, and led his party to victory in both campaigns. He 



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Memorial Adijresses : Senator Br.\dv 

was noiuiiialc'd in cunvtiitimi Ijy acclamation as the Hc- 
pnhlican candidate for governor in 1908 and was elected 
November 3 of that year by a magnificent majority. 

As governor. Senator Brady urged the passage of the di- 
rect-primary and local-option bills and was largely instru- 
mental in their enactment into law. Among other legisla- 
tion he advocated and wliich was enacted during his ad- 
ministration as governor were an amendment of the law 
regulating the period of employment in underground 
mines, an employers' liability law, and a law prohibiting 
wholesale liquor dealers being interested in places doing 
retail business. Provision was made for the care and pro- 
tection of orphans and of the homeless, neglected, or 
abused children, and for the indeterminate sentence of 
persons convicted of felonies, excejjt treason and murder 
in the first degree. He advocated many other measures 
for the advancement of the welfare of the people of the 
State and contributed privately both time and money to 
almost every movement which had for its purposes the 
upbuilding of the Stale and the development of its re- 
sources. 

After he retired as chief executive he immediately again 
turned his attention to the develi)i)ment of the agricultural 
resources of the Slate, in which he had been so active be- 
fore his election. He purchased a large irrigation project 
near Moimlain Home, and at great expense rehabilitated 
the entire system, which otherwise would jjractically have 
been a C()m|)lele failure and result in great loss to the 
settlers. 

With a view of attracting the attention of the eastern 
people to the opportunities in various lines of endeavor in 
tile West, Mr. IhiADV in tiHl arranged for a si)ecia! (rain lo 
carry the governors of the Northern ami Norliiweskrn 
States across the continent, visiting all the principal cities 
between St. Paul and New ^Ork. Tiie organization was 



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known as the " governors' special," and the party was en- 
tertained by various cities along the route and by the 
governors in the Central and Eastern States. President 
Taf t gave the party a state dinner at the White House, and 
the various governors in the party were entertained by 
the respective State delegations in Congress. 

In 1912 Mr. Brady was elected president of the Trans- 
Mississippi Commercial Congress, the duties of which 
position occupied much of his time during that year. 

The death of Senator Heyburn on October 17, 1912, 
created a vacancy in the Senate, to which Gov. Hawley 
appointed Hon. K. I. Perky, to hold until the legislature 
should elect a successor. Mr. Brady was a candidate 
before the legislature, which convened the following 
January, and several other prominent Republicans also 
aspired to the position. After 35 ballots, Senator Brady 
received a majority on the 24th of January, 1913, and was 
declared elected for the balance of the unexpired term 
ending March 4, 1915. He was a candidate to succeed 
himself and was reelected by the people at the general 
election in November, 1914, for a full six-year term. 

On entering the Senate his success in business affairs 
and his long experience in handling large enterprises was 
recognized by the leaders in that body giving him assign- 
ments to important committees. He was selected as 
chairman of the Committee on National Banks and was 
given membership on Military Affairs, Agriculture and 
Forestry, Mines and Mining, Public Buildings and 
Grounds, Conseiwation of National Resources, and Ex- 
penditures in the Department of Commerce. 

He brought to his committee work and to his duties on 
the floor of the Senate a wide and varied knowledge of 
the legislative needs of the country, which he had gained 
by his activity in business and politics and as chief execu- 
tive of his State, which, with his natural enthusiasm and 



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self-confidence, made a most favorable impression on his 
colleagues and enabled him to accomplish a great deal 
toward securing their support for the enactment of wise 
and beneficial legislation of a local and national char- 
acter. 

The advent of the country into the world war made 
necessary from the day war was declared almost daily 
meotings of the great Committee on Military Aflairs and 
frequent meetings of the Committee on Agriculture to 
hear tlie ollicers of the Army discuss the country's need 
of men, munitions, and supplies. Senator Brady, although 
then in failing health, regularly attended these meetings, 
and althougli his friends and his pliysieians warned him 
of tlie danger to his health by applying himself so con- 
stantly to his duties, lie could not be dissuaded, insisting 
that his responsibilities to his countrj' demanded his 
whole time and thought as much as if he had been 
assigned to the camp or trench for the performance of 
military duty. 

Senator Brady earnestly supported legislation for the 
preparation and conduct of the war and for making the 
must liberal provision for the eciuijiment and comfort 
of the soldiers and tiic care of tiieir families. 

Although a strict party man, no thought of party ad- 
vantage inllui need him in the consideration of legislation 
pertaining It) the conduct of the war. Tlu' conunuii inter- 
est of all the people impelled him to forget jjartisanship 
and to keep in mind only tlie one thougiit, to win tlie war 
at any cost. 

He was entiiusiaslic- in liis siippnri of the (m)\ i riiinciit's 
plans to assunif llic large Imnliii our IUi)ul)lic was to 
bear in the world conflict, and his dying regret was that 
he could not live to do his i)arl and rejoice in llie victory 
wiiicli he felt conlidcnl would crown the struggle of iiis 
couiiliy and her allies to ainiiliiiatc militarism in I'urope 
and bring a lasting peace lo llie world. 



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Address of Mr. Smith, of Idaho 



Senator Brady's wide knowledge of business and the 
agricultural resources of the country made him a valued 
member of the Agricultural Committee, which had in 
charge the legislation for the procurement and conserva- 
tion of the food supply of our allies. He argued success- 
fully that production could be stimulated by a guaranteed 
market at a fair price, and that when the farmers were 
appealed to on patriotic grounds they would cheerfully 
respond by an increased production, and the nonpro- 
ducers from patriotic motives would conserve food to 
the limit in order that our soldiers and those of our allies 
might have an abundance. 

The Senator's fondness for companionship and his nat- 
ural inclination to cooperate with his friends and neigh- 
bors in all matters affecting the general welfare of the 
people is well illustrated by his membership in various 
fraternal and semibusiness organizations. He was a 
member of the Pocatello Commercial Club; Boise Com- 
mercial Club; Salt Lake Commercial Club; Rocky Moun- 
tain Club, of New York; Metropolitan Club, of Washing- 
ton, D. C; president of the Western Development Asso- 
ciation; president Idaho Children's Home Finding and 
Aid Society; honorary' vice president Panama-Pacific 
Exposition; chairman advisory board National Council 
Women Voters; honorary member Grand Army of the 
Republic, Department of Idaho; and honorary member 
Kansas Historical Society. He was a Woodman of the 
World, an Odd Fellow, a Mason, an Elk, an Eagle, and a 
member of the Congregational Church. 

Senator Brady was married to Miss Irene M. Moore in 
June, 1913, who survives him. He is also survived by two 
sons by a former marriage, who have inherited many of 
the fine characteristics which distinguished their father. 
Until recently the elder son, James Robb Brady, was a 
publisher of a newspaper at Caney, Kans., and the other 



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son, Silas Ebbert Brady, was in the jewelry business at 
El Reno, Okla., but both have moved to Pocatcllo since 
their father's death to be in closer touch with their busi- 
ness interests. 

Mr. Speaker, of the many admirable characteristics pos- 
sessed by the late Senator Brady I believe generosity was 
the most conspicuous, and that conunendablc quality em- 
braces practically all the virtues. Most men ambitious 
for political, professional, or business success frequently 
act as if the path to fame and fortune is only wide enough 
for their own feet. Not so with Senator Br.\dy. He 
wanted to make it a great highway and was always will- 
ing to lend a helping hand to anybody honestly tr}-ing to 
get a footing there. 

There are thousands of men in Idaho to-day who are 
independent because of substantial assistance and oppor- 
tunity aflorded them by him, and thousands of hearts 
have been made glad and thousands of homes have been 
made happier because of his activities. Many young men 
have been aided by him to secure an education who other- 
wise would have been handicapped in life's battles and 
are now substantial and honored citizens. Is it any won- 
der that he is mourned by the people of his adopted Slate, 
to whom he was so devoted? 

Senator Brady was most deeply interested in every 
movement intended to advance his home city, and, while 
he was recognized thruugliout the Stale as a public- 
spirited citizen, his neighbors always had good reason lo 
feel that he had a special interest in Pocatello. He had 
done much toward its upbuilding and had great plans by 
wliich it could be furllier improved. He always met the 
most humble of liis neighbors with a genial familiarity 
lliat made tluiM fci 1 tliiil he was one among lluiii and 
eouiti lie apijruaclu-d witliout ciremony or mibarrass- 
nicnl. 



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Address of Mr. Smith, of Idaho 



He could " walk with kings nor lose the common touch." 

Because of his genial manner, he may have been im- 
posed upon occasionally, but a worthy request was never 
refused. 

An incident well illustrating that his great heart over- 
flowed with a kindly sympathy for the unfortunate was 
related to me by a recipient of his favor, who occupied a 
lowly position at the Capitol and whose married son had 
fallen into bad company and lost his position and his 
home had been broken up. The father was in despair as 
to what he should do to aid his son to get a new start 
under different environments, and he concluded if he 
could secure him a position in a distant State through one 
of the Senators the son would probablj^ reform. Not per- 
sonally knowing any of the Senators, he told me he ob- 
served them day after day entering the Capitol and finally 
selected Senator Brady as the one most likely to be easily 
approached. He asked for an interview, which was 
granted, and he related his stor}% which so aroused the 
Senator's interest and sympathy that he not only secured 
him employment in his home town, Pocatello, but ad- 
vanced his railroad fare, amounting to nearly $100. The 
young man gave splendid satisfaction in his new position 
and in a few months sent for his wife and they again 
established a home. 

It has been my good fortune to know many men of high 
as well as of low estate, but I can truthfully say that I 
have never known a man 'who was so solicitous of the 
happiness and comfort of others as Senator Brady. Of 
fine physique and genial mariner, he was always the inov- 
ing spirit in every gathering; courteous, gentle, and 
dignified, easily winning the confidence and respect of all 
whom he met. 

Mr. Speaker, a wise and useful legislator, a generous 
and unselfish friend, an eminent and patriotic citizen, has 
gone from among us. The people of the State he loved 



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so well and served with such faithful and laborious devo- 
tion will treasure his memorj', strive to imitate his noble 
virtues, and give to our countn,- that full measure of de- 
votion which constituted the highest distinction of this 
faithful servant of the people. 

The kindly heart of the late Senator is stilled, but he 
will continue to live in the inspiration which he gave 
to those with whom he came in contact, and tlial generous 
broad spirit of his will grow and expand Ihrougli the 
activitj' of others inspired by him. 

Senator Brady appeared unafraid to receive the fatal 
summons. He conducted himself as one conscious of 
having consistently striven to do his whole duty to his 
fellow man and his God and who had the sweet assurance 
that beyond this life he would enter into another sphere 
of usefulness and contentment. 

Life, we have been long together, 

Through pleasant and cloudy weather; 

'Tis hard to part when friends are dear; 

Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; 

Then steal away, give little warning, 

Choose thine own time; 

Say not good night, hut in some brighter clime 

Bid us good morning. 



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Address of Mr. Milliard, of Colorado 

Mr. Speaker: It was not my pleasure to meet the late 
James H. Brady until we both were in Congress, he at 
the otlier end of the Capitol. But long before I came 
to Washington I knew of the distinguished man in whose 
memory a session of the House of Representatives is now 
proceeding. 

Idaho is one of Colorado's close and splendid neighbors. 
Neither the vastness of that Commonwealth's resources 
nor the virtues of her sons are unknown in Colorado. And 
of her sons not one was better or more favorably heralded 
than he whose death we mourn. 

Besides, Mr. Speaker, 1 always had a feeling that I knew 
Senator Brady in a personal way because of the close and 
cordial friendship which existed between him and Mr. 
Frank H. Milliard, near and dear of kin to me. From my 
relative, who for many years and until recently was a 
resident of Pocatello, the home city of the late Senator, 
I learned of Mr. Br.\dy's admirable qualities and came to 
know of the hold which he had on the good people who 
delighted to honor him. If 1 were not prompted by other 
and sufficient considerations, as I am, Mr. Speaker, the 
friendship to which I have referred would make it in- 
cumbent on me to add my testimony to the substantial 
worth and the distinguished service of Mr. Brady. 

The subject of mj' remarks was not born in Idaho, 
neither did he go there in the early days. Not the fetish 
of nativity, therefore, nor the glory of pioneering ac- 
counted for his prominence. Simply through sturdy man- 
hood and intellectual and practical grasp of the needs of 
the people did Senator Brady's triumphs come. Elevation 
to high political honors is achieved by no man save, 
through the expression of the people's choice on occasions 

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when the sovereign electors make selections of their pub- 
lic servants. In instances men have been chosen to office 
as the result of aiding and altogether extraneous circum- 
stances, without which the electors favoring would not 
have sufficed. Men so chosen have all the rights and legal 
enjoj'ments of men more freely chosen. But Senator 
Br.\dy won because of the very love for him which the 
populace had in their hearts. This heart devotion in his 
lifetime has become heart memory in his death. 

Daniel Webster may not have done so, but no admirer 
of that remarkable statesman would wish that he did not 
write the little poem often attributed to him entitled: 

IN MEMORY OF THE HEART. 

If stores of dry and learned lore we gain, 

We keep them in the memory of the brain. 

Names, tilings, and facts, whate'er we knowledge call, 

There is the common ledger for them all. 

And images on this cold surface traced 

Make slight impressions and are soon efl'aced. 

But we've a page more glowing and bright, 

Whereon our friendships and our loves to write. 

That these may never from the soul depart, 

We trust them to the memory of the heart. 

There is no dimming, no efTacement there; 

Each new pulsation keeps the record clear. 

Warm, golden letters all llie tablets fill. 

Nor lose their liistcr till the heart stands still. 

The people not alone of Idaho but of the entire West, 
Mr. Speaker, mourn this good man. His Icaihrship meant 
so much to lliem, liis counsel was .so comforting, and his 
sympathies so embracing. Other nun will follow liim as 
earlier ones preceded, but his place will never be filled. 

The r.ongriss of the I'niled States, in the midst of 
present trials iiiipnir<lenli(l and most dilfuult. and fac- 
ing conditions tlial only Ilic stoutest luartcd ami alto- 
gether faitliful can view with calmness of spirit, more and 
more w'lU miss his w isc counsel, liis jierfccl poise. 



Address of Mr. Milliard, of Colorado 

The wife of his bosom and the family of his hearth- 
stone — what of comfort, of joy, of sunshine does the world 
hold for them? What can man say to those sorrowing 
ones? 

Lord Tennyson voiced, oh, so keenly and so adequately, 

the impelling grief and the insuperable difficulty in the 

lines — 

Break, break, break. 

On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! 
And I would that my tongue could utter 

The thoughts that arise in me. 

Oh, well for the fisherman's boy, 

That he shouts with his sister at play! 

Oh, well for the sailor lad, 

That he sings in his boat on the bay! 

And the stately ships go on 

To their haven under the hill; 
But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand. 

And the sound of a voice that is still! 

Break, break, break. 

At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! 
But the tender grace of a day that is dead 

Will never come back to me. 

But in more hopeful and comforting words, and long 

before Tennyson was born, the Psalmist sang : 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in gi-een pastures; 

He leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restorcth my soul; 

He guideth me in straight paths for His name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 

I will fear no evil, 

For Thou art with me; 

Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. 

Thou prepares! a table before me in the presence of mine 

enemies; 
Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my 

life; 
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 

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MiiMOHiAi. Ai)f)HKssi:s : Sf.nator Bkadv 



Mr. Speaker, high as were the honors which Mr. Brady 
enjoyed, and striking as were his achievements, still his 
ideals were never fully attained. His philosophy of life 
and service spurred him to the utmost, hut he appreciated 
the weakness of man and of man government. Knowl- 
edge that the wagon is never driven to the star did not 
tempt him to desist in the effort. His star was justice to 
liumanity, his wagon the chariot of serv'ice to his kind on 
earth. 

He lived a full life and a useful one. His successes 
offered him opportunity to work for his fellows; his fail- 
ures hallowed his soul for efforts anew. 

I have read in a grand old story 

That is lost beyond recall, 
That the sweetest song of the singer 

Has never been sung at all. 

That ever before the painter, 

Like a mist cloud soft and faint, 
Floats a fairer, sweeter picture 

Than ever his brush can paint. 

That deep in the soul of the sculptor. 

Seen by his eyes alone. 
Sleeps the perfect form of the angel 

In the uncarven stone. 

I know that the dreams th;it are fairest 

Have never yet come true, 
For they melt away in the morning 

Like sparkling drops of dew. 

But the song of the singer was sweeter 

For the one that he might not sing. 
And the painter caught some tintings 

From the glint of the dream dove's wing. 

Our days would often be dreiirv 

Were it imt for the (lilliilK (lre;itii, 
And the lives we live are the better 

Fur the surge of the pent-up stream. 



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Address of Mr. Austin, of Tennessee 

Mr. Speaker: On the invitation of my colleagues, 
Burton L. French and Addison T. Smith, the able and 
faithful Representatives in this House from the State of 
Idaho, I avail myself of the privilege and honor to offer 
tribute to the memory of their beloved Senator, James H. 
Brady, who, with six other Senators — Messrs. Jacob H. 
Gallinger, of New Hampshire; William Hughes, of New 
Jersey; Ollie M. James, of Kentucky; Robert F. Broussard, 
of Louisiana; William J. Stone, of Missouri; and Benja- 
min R. Tillman, of South Carolina; as well as 12 Repre- 
sentatives — Messrs. E. R. Bathrick, of Ohio; J. H. Cap- 
stick, of New Jersey; D. W. Comstock, of Indiana; J. H. 
Davidson, of Wisconsin; H. T. Helgesen, of North Dakota; 
E. J. Hill, of Connecticut; W. A. Jones, of Virginia; Charles 
Martin, of Illinois; Jacob Meeker, of Missouri; J. A. 
Sterling, of Illinois; C. A. Sulloway, of New Hampshire; 
and J. F. Talbott, of Maryland — passed away during the 
year 1918. This long roll of our honored dead who were 
Members of both Houses of Congress is proof of the hard 
service and trying labors of those who are commissioned 
by the people to meet and discharge the many difficult 
problems of official work and legislation during one of 
the most important pei'iods in the historj' of our country. 

In this list of public servants Idaho gave to the Nation 
a faithful, industrious, and patriotic American in the 
person of Senator James H. Brady. His five years of 
devoted service in the United States Senate was but a 
repetition of his splendid record of fidelity and efficiency 
as chief executive of the sovereign State of Idaho. This 
plain, honest, hard-working, enterprising, generous, self- 
made man left behind an enviable record, not only in his 

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distant home in the far-away Rocky Mountains, but here 
in the Capital City of the Republic; he soon won the 
confidence, respect, good will, and admiration of his col- 
leagues in the Senate, also of the Members of this House 
who had the good fortune to know him. 

The life and career of Senator Brady is full of hope, 
encouragement, and inspiration to the American youth. 
He began his useful and successful career as a Kansas 
school-teacher. Then journalism appealed to him, and 
from that fascinating occupation he entered the real 
estate business, and then came the lure of the inviting West 
and a new home amid the beautiful mountains of Idaho, 
famed for its wonderful mineral resources of gold, silver, 
and copper; a rich and virgin soil; its wealth of unde- 
veloped water power, and its matchless scenic beauties. 
Here in this promised land he made his way into the heart 
and affections of the people, because he was a man. a 
true man, as we say, honest as the days are long, generous 
to a fault, wearing his heart upon his sleeve, a friend to 
the friendless, a public benefactor, a faithful, incor- 
ruptible ofTicial. He was unselfish, public-spirited, and 
worked unceasingly for the development and prosperity 
of his adopted State and the welfare and Imppinoss of its 
grateful people. 

Idaho never had a governor more deeply concerned or 
more active in tiie promotion of lur matt lial, agricul- 
tural, educational, civic, and moral development. In the 
United States Senate lie soon won liigli rank as an active, 
industrious, and influential Mcniliir. Tlie support of 
legislation lor tlic good of tlu (udplt. lur the iiulustrial 
welfare of the Nation, for the protection and safety of 
our Government at lionie and from foreign enemies had 
his unwavering siijiport. 

ill tin- St'iiate Committee on Military AtTaiis he was 
awake to llie net'ds (tf tlic hour in (iilly and cfTcctually 

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Address of Mr. Austin, of Tennessee 

preparing the Nation to enter the great world war, and 
there, as elsewhere, did his full duty as a loyal, patriotic 
statesman. 

As a member of the Republican Party he was as useful 
and as valuable as in his business and official life. He 
served as chairman of the Republican State committee for 
four years and as chairman of the Idaho State delegations 
aided in nominating and electing Roosevelt and Taft in 
their successful campaigns for the Presidency. 

It is a labor of love for me in this simple, brief, but 
sincere way to offer my ti'ibute of respect and admiration 
to the memory of this fallen statesman from the great 
West, who will live long in the hearts and affections of the 
people of Idaho and will be remembered by his countless 
admiring friends throughout the Republic. 



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Address of Mr. Welling, of Utah 

Mr. Speaker: A great ruler in the East many years ago 
desired to honor the wisest and best man in his empire by 
conferring upon him the Order of the Golden Crescent. In 
order to determine who should be so honored, the sultan 
sent men throughout his country to find who was most be- 
loved and honored among his subjects. 

These couriers returned to the capital with two men. 
They were unable to determine which of the two was most 
loved by the people. The two men were then examined by 
the wisest followers of the sultan's court. These judges 
themselves could not agree. In their opinion the two 
mill were equally beloved, equally wise, equally helj)fiil 
and useful in their association with the people among 
whom they lived. Much perplexed, the judges took the 
men before the sultan himself and stated that they could 
not decide who shoulil receive the great honor he was 
ready to confer. 

The sultan examined the men and had great ditViculty in 
determining which one should receive the Order of the 
Crescent. At last he said to them, *' Show me your hands." 
Now, the hands of the one were white, symmetrical, re- 
fined. They had regular lines and were perfect in their 
beauty and elegance. The hands of the other were large 
and awkward and red. Knotted with toil, they .seemed to 
have grown out of shape, as if always litted to bear luavy 
burdens. 

Tlic wise sultan al oiui' |)iiiii((l tlic Golden Crescent 
upon the breast of the latter mkiii, saying. " This man balii 
seen iiuman service. riic other hath only recom- 
nuiidcd it." 

(iciillt'Micii ot Ihc iidiisr, if any m.iii lu !•(■ feels that liis 
('<irilrii)Ution In the life and liappiness and well being of 

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Address of Mr. Welling, of Utah 



his country has been greater than that of Senator James H. 
Brady, if he feels that he should receive higher honors or 
greater distinctions than this man, whose name we honor 
to-day, I should like to say to him, " Show me your hands 
and let it be determined how much you have worked for 
the welfare of your fellow men." 

James H. Brady was a worker with his hands. Power- 
ful of physique, blessed by nature with a perfect consti- 
tution, he was one of those great-hearted, restless spirits 
who assisted to build up an empire of States from that 
desolated region which was once rightly called the Great 
American Desert. Senator Brady was born in the East — 
we men of the West are usually proud of our eastern fam- 
ily trees — but his full measure of usefulness could not be 
realized until he had, with naked hands, grappled the 
great problems of the sterile, barren western plains and 
made the desert to blossom as the rose. 

Senator Brady, besides being a man of powerful 
physique and boundless energy, was also a man of un- 
usual business sagacity and sound judgment. He had 
faith in the West. The West is strewn with the wreckage 
of men who could not quite conquer our limitless expanse 
of sterile soil and sun-baked plain. The monotony of the 
solitudes frequently conquered and defeated high resolve. 
The limitless expanse of cold gray sage has at times crept 
like a ghost into the sturdy hearts of men and caused them 
to despair of redeeming the desert. These things added 
together did not destroy the faith of Mr. Brady in the 
future of the intermountain country. He was gifted with 
the genius of success. His vision always saw past the 
difficulties and barriers of the desert and reached beyond 
into the glories of the promised land. 

It was this quality in his nature which enabled him, 
where others had failed, to see the possibilities of harness- 
ing the great Snake River and converting its tumbling 
torrent into the ready servant of thousands of homes. It 



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enabled him to take hold of vast irrigation projects, where 
others had failed, and divert life-giving water onto bar- 
ren, thirsty soil, making other thousands of happy homes. 

These enterprises made him eventually a powerful 
figure in the business and finance of liis State. Among 
the larger financial circles of the West he was as well 
known probably in Salt Lake City and in Utah as he was 
in Idaho. As governor of thai State, he became a con- 
spicuous figure wherever the interests of the West were 
discussed, and his counsel was a potent influence in de- 
termining the policy of our part of the country on great 
national questions. 

It was the logical tiling that he should have found him- 
self at last as the representative of his State in the Senate 
of the United States. He died at a time when his in- 
fluence and counsel could be ill spared to the West and 
to the Nation, and when naturally we felt there were many 
years of useful, helpful service before him. 

There are those who believe that such a life ends wilh 
death. It is not true. The memory of his sterling honesty, 
his dauntless courage, his genial disposition remain be- 
hind. These things have endured after his body has re- 
turned to dust. Tlie spirit is more enduring than the 
memorj' of man, because it is immortal and merely goes 
out of this life to the accomplislimcnt of a greater mission, 
which the inscrulalile lianti of (lod directs on the oHut 
side of " that mysterious bourn from wliicli no traveler 
ever yet returned." 

TluTf is no death. Wliat seems so is transition; 

This life of mortal breatli 
Is but a suburb of the life elysian 

Whose portal we call death. 

In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion, 

n.v guardian angels led. 
Safe frutn temi)tati()n, safi^ friiin sin's pollution, 

lie lives wliom we call dead. 

Mr. Smith of Idaljo assumed tlie chair as Speaker pro 
tempore. 

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Address of Mr. Evans, of Montana 

Mr. Speaker : The Hon. James H. Brady, whose untimely 
death we mourn to-day, was a product of that part of 
the country we call the great Northwest. Like most other 
men, however, who have reached prominence in that 
great Northwest territory, he was born elsewhere and was 
an adopted citizen of the State of Idaho. Born, as I 
understand, in the State of Pennsylvania, he went as a 
child to the State of Kansas and there grew to manhood. 
In the year of 1895 he took up his residence in the State 
of Idaho. His talents as a business man and as a leader 
in politics soon made themselves manifest and he became 
a leader among his people. As a business man he was 
painstaking, thorough, untiring, and, as a result, emi- 
nently successful. Up to the date of his entrance into 
the State of Idaho that State had been looked upon largely 
as a mining Commonwealth. He believed that if water 
could be put upon the parched soil of its hills and valleys 
it could be made a great agricultural State, and he 
became interested in irrigation. In short, he became an 
authorit}' upon that subject and demonstrated the feasi- 
bility of his theories by making a success of large irriga- 
tion projects in that State. His people soon recognized 
his qualifications as a builder and constructionist and 
made him their governor and subsequently sent him to 
the United States Senate. He came to Washington par- 
ticularly equipped to discuss and legislate upon subjects 
that particularly pertained to his State and to that sec- 
tion of the country contiguous thereto. He had not long 
been a Member of the United States Senate until his col- 
leagues began to recognize in him that sound business 
capacity which was so well known among his constituents 

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Memoiual AddressiiS : Sknator Br.\dy 

and which had persuaded them to confer upon him the 
highest honors within their gift, both in party and State 
council. Always a party man, he was seldom or never 
a partisan. He was one of those individuals who on all 
occasions was able to place the welfare of his countn 
above the welfare of his partj'. 

Senator Brady was a modest man. He was seldom 
heard on the floor of the Senate, though when he did 
speak he was given the undivided attention of his col- 
leagues. Those who knew him best, and are probably 
best qualified to speak, say that he was an untiring 
worker in committee, that no subject under discussion 
failed to receive his grave and serious attention, and that 
his talents were such that he was able to master the 
questions. 

He was looked upon as a solid, practical, substantial 
citizen and legislator; industrious, vigilant, painstaking, 
and conscientious. He loved his counfr\- and his State, 
appreciated the dignity of the duties of the high positions 
to which his people had called him, and at all times 
reflected credit upon himself, the State he represented, 
and the Nation. 

I pay my tribute of respect to his memory. His State and 
Nation could ill alford to lose him. His services to his 
country will long be remembered and appreciated by a 
grateful people. 



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Address of Mr. Benjamin L. Fairchild, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: The East unites with the West in paying 
tribute to an illustrious son of the West. The Empire 
State, whose shores are washed by the boisterous waves of 
the rising sun, joins with the States where are heard the 
murmurs from the pacific waves of the setting sun. To- 
gether we are here to offer a wreath to the memory of 
a son of Idaho, the late Senator, Hon. James H. Brady. A 
wreath; a thought. Each petal of that memory's wreath 
is a thought for the sterling qualities of the man. 

Everyone who knew him tells of those qualities which 
not only contributed to his individual success but which 
he in turn contributed to the welfare of his State and of 
the Nation. Each petal a thought! A successful career; a 
robust character; conscientious attention to duties well 
performed; untiring industry; generous both with his 
means and in his willingness to understand the viewpoint 
of others; and always a thorough American, a splendid 
type of the man who, born in the East, was developed in 
the West, and who helped to develop the West. 

Oh, I have liked to travel in the West. Many has been 
the time when, leaving the Atlantic and traveling to the 
Pacific, I have realized the buoyant feeling in the western 
atmosphere. The soul seems to expand with a sense of 
freedom and with a better knowledge of the greatness of 
our Republic. And I say to myself, I am really in America. 
We thus come to know more of our own country. I have 
had little sympathy with those of my friends in New York 
who by choice have traveled easterly across the Atlantic 
before journeying westerly to the Pacific. 

And so I once said to my only son, whose life has been 
given in this war, some day I would take him to Europe, 

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MtMOHiAL Addresses: Senator Brady 

but he would see his own country- first. The time came 
when we traveled in Europe, but first we visited cver>' 
State in this groat Union. On the top of Mount Shasta we 
once slept all night — or tried to sleep — and in the early 
morning from the top of that great sentinel we viewed the 
glories of the hills and plains to the east, brilliantly lighted 
by the rising sun, even wliile it was still darkest night in 
the valleys toward the west. And for more than a thou- 
sand miles in the high Sierras we traveled muleback over 
mountain trails. We visited the people in the cities 
and on the ranches. Oh, we came to know this Republic of 
ours, this great United States of America, and we came to 
appreciate the heroic qualities of the people of the West, 
who were having so nmch to do with a development which 
in time must shape the destiny of the Nation. We learned 
to love the Americanism of the West. In the West we felt 
as if we had reached the very heart and soul of America, 
expansive in its energies, keeping true faith to our ideals, 
boundless in the possibilities of the future. 

Thus I came to envy the men of the West, a West which 
aided in developing the man and was aided by tlie man's 
development. Yes; I have envied. But also I have hon- 
ored. And, therefore, I from the East am here to join with 
those who knew him best to honor the memon,* of a true 
and a splendid typical son of the West, a son of Idalio, a 
loyal citizen of the lU public. 



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Address of Mr. Little, of Kansas 

Mr. Speaker: The Hon. James H. Brady, for two terms 
a Senator from the State of Idaho, governor of that moun- 
tain Commonwealth, happens to have been my oldest 
friend and acquaintance in the Congress of the United 
States and in the city of Washington. As I listened to the 
eulogies so eloquently delivered and so justly deserved 
there came to my mind the recollection of the day I first 
saw him, 39 years ago next June or July, at a teachers' 
institute at Abilene, Kans. Of all the young people there 
assembled — and I think perhaps he was the j^oungest, 
then a boy of 18 — he happens to be the only one whose 
figure is fixed in my memory as he sat there, and yet I 
doubt if anyone at that time would have selected him as 
the one who would be honored here to-day as a great Sen- 
ator of the Republic of the United States. 

His father and mine half a century ago were farmers in 
Johnson County, Kans., his father, I think, being a county 
commissioner. His brother, Hon. J. Leeford Brady, was 
the Republican nominee for Congress in 1912 in the dis- 
trict which I now have the honor to represent. Some time 
in the seventies our fathers removed to the far West, then 
in Kansas, in Dickinson Countj% and were both farmers 
and business men there. Mr. Brady came to this teachers' 
institute a boy of about 18, tall, vigorous, and, as I recall 
him, apparently older than I now find he was. He had 
not had the advantages of school in a city, a town, or even 
a village, and was not as familiar with the books as were 
most of those who were there. I remember that some of 
the older teachers, and practically all of them were older, 
listened with curiosity to some of his remarks and sugges- 

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tions; but I think that he exhibited immediately, and 
thereby attracted and fixed my attention, the qualities 
that made liim great and successful, an interest in all 
about him, a willingness to mingle in the fray. 

He was a man of rare imagination, of the imagination 
of genius, a man who had in him the spirit of adventure. 
He was not familiar with much of life then, and only 
gradually became acquainted with its conditions; but I 
do not think Jim Brady ever saw anything that scared him. 
He was always willing to take a chance. He was a man 
of such excellent natural business sagacitv' that his imag- 
ination very seldom ran away with his judgment, although 
in his earlier days he did occasionally ride to a fall. He 
was first a school-teacher, and a not particularly studious 
one as I recall him, nor verj' much interested in the mere 
business of teaching, but always interested in human 
nature. He next ran a little paper in a very small village, 
with no great success, nor with any failure. Then he 
turned to real estate, and he sought there an outlet for 
his restless ambitions. The country was growing rapidly, 
and this was the readiest opening for activity. He was 
from the first, as the gentleman from Idaho has suggested, 
associated with tlie land, born and raised on a farm, and 
from his earliest infancy familiar with the trials and 
struggles of the farmer people in the great West. In our 
county the farmers then lived in little dwellings of two 
and three rooms, such as his folks probai)ly Iiad up on 
C.iiapman Creek, and many lived in sod iiouses, and some- 
times in dugouts. They were laying the foundation of 
the greatest agricultural enq)ire tlie world ever saw. 
Their advance guard disphucd the Indian. Tluir tables 
were supplied from the bullalo. To-day in lliat country 
you ride for niilts between long rows of trees and liedges, 
marking out fariiis the Nile never surpassed. They live 
in haiidsoini' hoiues, with every modern convenience. 



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Address of Mr. Little, of Kansas 



They take their families in great automobiles and are 
100 miles away along perfect roads sooner than they 
would have reached the county seat in Brady's day and 
mine. 

In those days the farmer who had a team of liis own, all 
paid for, was verj' fortunate. Probably Brady's family 
had only one team, and veiy likely that was under mort- 
gage, as were the teams of most of the rest of the farmers 
of that community. Very likely they went into debt for 
the seed wheat that they first put into the ground. I pre- 
sume Brady's father's corn crops were generally under 
mortgage, like most of the rest of us. Thej' tell us that 
necessity is the mother of invention, and in the early days 
necessity always camped on Jim Brady's trail. As a real 
estate agent in a little village of 200 or 300 and then of 
perhaps 1,200, in which we both lived for many years, 
he was not at first peculiarly successful. His feet were 
on the ground, but his surroundings were rather diminu- 
tive for a man of his breadth of character. Finally he 
made a leap in the dark which astonished the community 
and marked the genius of the man. No other man could 
have conceived, no other man have cariied out the project. 
Unknown and without means he went down to the head- 
quarters of the Santa Fe Railroad at Topeka and made 
a contract with the land department of that road by which 
they sold to him a very large tract of land. The Govern- 
ment had vested in the Santa Fe very extensive areas 
along its line for many, many miles from Kansas City 
west. Much of it was still unsold. Brady went down 
there and with a ready tongue and an unshaken nerve 
convinced them that he was the man who could handle 
some of that land, and they sold him, I think, 20,000 acres 
of railroad land practically in one body. He made the 
first payment, verj' likely most of it on borrowed money, 
but in a few weeks he disposed of that whole area to some 



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company that he liad organized or became acquainted 
with, a band of capitalists, I think, at Chicago, and at one 
fell swoop he cleaned up, I think, $40,000. This in those 
days was an enormous sum, and is a great sum yet if men 
arc reasonable. Jay Tiould could have done no more in 
that environment. 

With that capital he started to enlarge and spread out 
his visions of life and liis attempts and ventures. At first, 
as I said, he made a stumble or two and he lost here and 
there. He became a little dissatisfied with the oppor^ 
tunities in a little town of 1,200, or by this time 2,000, and 
for some time he established his headquarters in the 
city of Chicago. He ventured into various speculations 
throughout the West and finally ran across his oppor- 
tunity in Idaho and settled in that State. He exemplified 
there his foresight as a business man, his sagacity as a 
developer of western enterprise along the lines suggested 
by the gentleman from T'tali. He was a community 
maker, a leader of men. He built a great irrigating ditch 
tiiere through a territory' that he had acquired. 1 think 
somebody else had attempted it and had not been suc- 
cessful. His venture became veiy successful. He was 
undoubtedly one of the most useful men lliat the West 
ever produced, for liis success was not Ijuilded ui)on the 
downfall of somebody else nor acquired by the ruin of 
some rival, luil lie djx iied there in the iiKiunlaiiis a broad 
area of irrigatett country tliat made homes possiljle for 
nujny other men. He earned his money in a useful and 
honorable way and became a millionaire. He lived here 
in Washington in one of llie finest mansions in this eily. 
When I first knew him he was not very much addicted 
Id politics and a little cynical and pessimistic about poli- 
ticians, though lie was always intertsled in a few friends 
who were cnndithites, Itnl not \ery acti\f in politics 
himself. Ilie lilth' city of .\t»iUiie, in whicli lie and I 

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Address of Mr. Little, of Kansas 



resided in those daj's, produced two very famous United 
States Senators, Mr. Brady being one of them. His associ- 
ate from Idaho in the Senate was Senator Borah, who also 
came from our State. It is a little singular that Kansas 
should have equipped Idaho with two such distinguished 
and valuable statesmen. The delegation stood as high as 
any in the Senate. 

His money was made by intelligent and helpful devel- 
opment of opportunities for other men as well as for 
himself. 

Then he turned, somewhat naturally, I can see now, to 
public life. He was a keen, alert, ambitious man, always 
vigorous, and never dominated by surroundings, but 
always ready to dominate his surroundings. He was a 
friendly man with a warm grasp, a generous heart, and 
a kindly word for everybody, never seeking to attain 
success by injuring some one else, but rather by develop- 
ing something which was generally beneficial and from 
which a benefit would accrue to him. 

When I came here to the House I was a bit surprised 
to discover the height to which he had risen. I knew that 
Senator Br.\dy was a man of ability and force of char- 
acter, but, somewhat to my astonishment, I learned that 
he was very familiar with the rules of the Senate ; that he 
had interested himself in them and had acquired a very 
considerable proficiency in them. Frequently I have gone 
over there and found him in the chair of the presiding 
officer of the Senate, in the seat of the Vice President of 
the Jlepublic, presiding with dignity over its deliberations, 
to the general satisfaction of everybody in that body. I 
do not see how anybody could have been more familiar 
than he was with the routine of Senate business. When I 
would step in and ask liim what was going on, he could 
always tdl me, and he could generally forecast what the 
decision of the Chair was going to be on a point of order. 



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or what the outcome of any vote would he upon any proj- 
ect before the Senate. Without question he was an indus- 
trious, hard-working, and useful Senator of the Republic, 
well worthy to sit in the Chamber where once Webster 
and Clay and Calhoun were great leaders. 

He was not as eloquent a speaker as some, nor as fre- 
quent a speaker, but his ideas were good, his industry' was 
great. I do not know that I ever saw Br.\dv when he was 
as much interested in anything or as much elated by any- 
thing as he was by the opportunity that was to have been 
afforded him in the next Senate if he had lived, and as he 
hoped at that time, to be chairman of the great Committee 
on Militar\- Affairs, and his heart seemed to be set upon 
that position. Of course, tliat would have been the liighest 
point to which he had yet climbed, and his imagination 
spread out before him golden opportunities to which he 
never before had aspired. .\nd 1 may say right here and 
now, in the 38 years in which 1 knew him 1 can not re- 
member any Kansan who traveled as far or climbed as 
high as he or more worthily either in business or public 
service. He had set his heart on living to the time when 
he should be chairman of the Military Committee, which 
position lie wduhi have occupied in the next Congress. 
He was not unfamiliar with the fad tlint he was treading 
close to the heels of death. Once before he told me, the 
last time I talked with him. that he had gone pretty near 
to llie deep waters, somewlure in Florida. I believe, but 
said now he tliought lie had fully recovered and his health 
was restored. 

He had an interesting pair of boys in our little city, very 
fine young men, and tlie last lime I saw him he spoke with 
pride and salislaction of tluin. They were hutli good, 
sensible, successful young men, of whom any father might 
well be proud. 



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It is a giTal plonsiiro lo roincmbor lliat al'tir 1 liad been 
here a few months and \vr began to iTcall onr old ac- 
quaintance and fnendship he said to me, "We must keep 
in touch with each other; we can do each other good, and 
in that way help our constituents." I found he was a help- 
ful man to me. and that I eoidd ascertain from him what 
was going on or what woulil be the probable result of any 
given discussion, debate, or procedure in any given legisla- 
tion in the Senate. Brady was a man of big business. I 
am satisfied that he was what is called a genius, and genius 
consists largely of imagination, of foresight, anil courage. 
He never feared to nudvc an attempt. His imagination 
could always drive through the clouds, and he could gaze 
into the future and see things that the dull, plodding, in- 
dustrious man could never C()mi)rehi>nd. 

I could see that as they smiled at him in the teachers' in- 
stitute, a boy of 18, it was because he was ignorant of and 
laughed at some of the set rules of the teachers. He had 
outstrip])ed them in imagination, and, while he had not 
landed quite high enough to be always accurate, it was the 
forerunning of the time when through his efforts and busi- 
ness training he would be a United Slates Senator. I'or the 
same reason that he ventured out into the deep waters of a 
little teachers' institute, which lasted only a month — for 
that same reason he became a great Senator and a great 
millionaire, because he had a mind of his i)wn to con- 
ceive and a spirit to execute. 

He started 35 years ago in our little village with an 
empty satchel and a red necktie, and when he passed away 
.IiM Bhauy died in a Senator's hoiu)red toga and left be- 
hind him a millionaire's estate, worthily won by honorable 
means. I can not imagine how a career could ever be 
more satisfactory. I can no! Iliiuk of any more typical 
American career, one that better points out llu' road to 
success, if you are not afraid to try and if you have the 
courage to attempt that which you have dreamed. And 



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yet if we had told him that he was a dreamer he would 
have been the most surprised man in the world. 

I do not think he took much interest in poetry or fiction, 
except casually, and he would have been amazed if any- 
one told him that he had great imagination. But that was 
the secret of his success, the ability to imagine and the 
disposition to put his dreams on trial. Now he has fought 
his fight, a good fight, and finished his course. He sleeps 
with Seward, Sumner, and Chase, with Blaine, Conkling, 
and Ingalls, and among the people from whom he sprang. 
The tomb is the only real republic. Millionaire and men- 
dicant, sultan and slave, sage and simple, saint and sin- 
ner. Kitchener and kaiser, all rest side by side. The Sen- 
ate has adjourned forever for that deft mind, that strong 
hand. 

Jim Brady has gone. Almost 10 years have come and 
passed since he and I became acquainted. Of all of the 
men who began to be connected with public life in our 
early days he and I were almost the only ones left any- 
where in the public service. The clouds begin to gather 
about me. Only four months ago death knocked at my 
door and went by for a while. When my village com- 
panion passes away and leaves bcliind him a great for- 
tune and great name, when 1 see this career tenninalod, 
which well might have lasted 20 years longer, my mind 
recurs to the days of our youth, of our eager ambi- 
tions, of our early struggles side by side on unconquered 
prairies. Senator James H. Brady has entered the great 
congress of all nations, climes, and peoples. As I stand 
here in the Halls of the Congress of earth's mightiest 
Republic and pay this tribute to his memory — 

I fi'fl like ono 
Wild treads iilone 
Some banquet liall deserted. 
Whose liglits are fled, 
Whose ((arlnnds dcatl. 
And all but he departed. 

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Address of Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming 

Mr. Speaker: James H. Brady was a typical American 
of the pioneer type. His Scotch-Irish ancestors were 
pioneers in the early period of the settlement of western 
Pennsylvania and served with distinction in civil and mil- 
itary life in the early days of the Republic. Moving west- 
ward as the tide of immigration spread over the continent, 
the family finally settled in Kansas, where the late Senator 
began his business career. The extension of enterprises 
and undertakings in which he became interested brought 
to his attention the possibilities of the young State of 
Idaho, and here, following the promptings of the pioneer 
spirit, he undertook and accomplished those enterprises 
of reclamation, settlement, and development which occu- 
pied his time and attention up to and beyond the time of 
his entry into public life. 

His call to public life came as a resxolt of his helpful 
and successful activities as a pioneer developer of 
resources, and in the performance of public duties he 
displayed the same devotion and energy and the same 
constructive ability which had made him useful and suc- 
cessful in his private undertakings. 

As Senator Brady's career was typical of the best Amer- 
ican traditions, his character was typical of the splendid 
type of manhood which those conditions develop and 
exhibited the sterling qualities which find their best devel- 
opment in the challenge and incentive of a region of un- 
developed resources. He had the richest of all inherit- 
ances, an honest, virile, intelligent ancestr>'. He grew up 
in Uie best possible environment, that of an Ainerican 
agricultural communitj', with its free-school system. He 
had open before him the most desirable of opportunities, 

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that of winning a place and name for himself in the devel- 
opment of a new and growing region and in the sei^dce 
of its energetic and progressive citizenship. 

These are not tlie inheritances, the environment, and 
the opportunities which necessarily lead to success, but 
they are those which make success not only possible but 
certain for those worthy of them, and James H. Brady was 
worthy. 

In considering the career of strong and wortliy men 
whom I have known 1 have generally found some charac- 
teristic of the man's life and career that particularly chal- 
lenged my attention, and the characteristic of our de- 
parted friend which, as 1 saw and knew him, seemed 
among Iiis many virtues and splendid qualities most con- 
spicuous was that of service. 

In his early life he served to mold and develop the 
minds and hearts of the youth of his locality as a teacher. 
In later life he served in calling attention to the opportu- 
nities for securing homes and farms. Still later he served 
in reclaiming greater areas from the desert and making 
them fruitful and affording opportunities for homes upon 
them. He served in calling attention to and utilizing the 
latent resources of jjower in liis adopted Slate and in har- 
nessing it for the benefit of mankind, and. finally, he 
passed from a career of service in privati cai)acity to a 
career of wider service as governor and as Senator. So 
from the beginning to the end of a busy and eventful life 
he served, and served faithfully and well. 

The career of Senator BH.\»y is an illustration of the 
opportunities and i)ossibilities of American life. We hear 
from time to time that these opportunities and possibili- 
ties are becoming less attraclivr and fntjuinl and ob- 
tainable as time passes. No ddulil there wiri' folks out 
there in Kansas wlit-n oiw !:itc ri-icru! was ;i boy wlio 
would have said thai the upiKirliiiiilics for sueli as he were 



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Address of Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming 

limited, just as people say at the present time. Senator 
Brady's career disproves such gloomy assertions, as the 
career of many a virile, forceful, ambitious man is dis- 
proving them every day, and will disprove them in the 
days to come. 

So long as liberty prevails in the land, so long as our ac- 
tivities shall be based on individual initiative and effort, 
so long shall men of courage and capacity and honesty of 
purpose find the opportunities of America boundless. To 
be most certainly successful amid these opportunities one 
must be endowed with the spirit of service, which was 
the most conspicuous characteristic of our departed friend. 
We can truthfully pay to his memory the highest compli- 
ment that can be paid to a man, that in the fear of God he 
faithfully served his fellow men. 



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Address of Mr. McArthlr, of Oregon 

Mr. Speaker: It wa-s my good forlunc to meet Senator 
James H. Brady about the time he came into prominence 
in the political life of the State of Idaho. He was a big, 
broad-gauge westerner — full of the spirit of development 
and progress that has wrought such wonders in the West 
during tlic past quarter of a century. lie liad a construc- 
tive mind and had the requisite energj' to put his ideas 
into action. He believed in the West — in the development 
of her boundless resources. His energj' and entluisiasni 
were tempered with sound business and financial judg- 
ment and the numerous ventures in whicli he engaged 
were uniformly successful. His business acumen brought 
him a fortune which carried with it prosperity to llic com- 
munity. Such men are empire huihlers. 

Senator Brady's record in public affairs was marked 
with tile same degree of success as were his business ven- 
tures. He held numerous positions of public trust, includ- 
ing the two greatest honors which a State can bestow upon 
a citizen — the governorship and a senalorshii). He dis- 
charged the duliis of these impiirtaiil public |)osts with 
energy, enthusiasm, and a patriotic devotion to Ilic i)uhlic 
welfare. He was a man of couragi- and luvii' Inu'kleil to 
popuhir wiiims or passing fancies, lie liaii a clear con- 
ciption of his public trust and followed it to the end. He 
knew that truth, courage, and honesty are llic tilings 
worlli while in piihlic lil'« . and lu' never sacrificed tluse or 
comi)romise<l on a i)rinci|)le. The country in ids more 
men of his stamp in her public life. 

Legislative and departmental (|uestions of niiitiial in- 
tert'st l'i<(|inntly liiniiglil nu in Iniu-li w illi Siiialor Bkad's , 

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Address of Mr. McArthur, of Oregon 

and I learned more and more to respect and honor him as 
a public official and to esteem and regard him as a fellow 
man. He occupied an important place in the State of 
Idaho and was called to the Senate of the United States 
during the most important era since the Civil War. His 
services to both State and Nation were of the highest 
order and it is only fitting and proper that we should 
pause for this brief hour to honor his memory. His death 
at a comparatively early age was altogether untimely, but 
he leaves behind him an honorable record in both public 
and private life that will perpetuate his name. 



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Address of Mr. French, of Idaho 

Mr. Speaker: My colleague. Representative Smith of 
Idaho, and our other colleague. Col. Little, the lifelong 
friend of Senator Brady, have outlined so clearly and 
sympathetically the details of the life of him whom we 
desire to honor in these services that I shall not attempt 
to add thereto. 

However, the admiration I bore Senator Br,\dy and the 
homage I would pay his memory make it impossible for 
me to omit to refer to a few of the outstanding elements 
of his character and to a few of his achievements that 
gave him a conspicuous place in public life and in the 
Nortliwest. 

A MAN OF VISION. 

We remember John Winllirop and Roger Williams and 
Penn and Oglethorpe because they were men of vision. 
The shores whereon they landed, to the eyes of almost 
all other people of Uieir day, were bleak and barren and 
repelling. To these men of vision they were shores of 
grandeur, jjossessed of ample harbors, shores leading back 
to spUiulid fields, bounteous gardens, towns and cities, 
schools aiui churches and colleges, and a niiglily popula- 
tion of God-fearing, industrious men and women. 

Uniniaginativi' niighljors of .lobn Harvard and F.Uhu 
Yak could see only crude buildings, a few old books, an 
austere minister or teacher, but Harvard and Yale could 
see more than that. Tliey could see rough grounds con- 
verted into inviting camj)us; they could see <iuaint old log 
buildings and rougli-bewn stone structures give way to 
spacious halls, conunodious kcture rooms, ample dormi- 
tories, an<l well-eipiipi)ed lilnaiies; and Ihey cuuhl see 
thousands of earnest young men and wonuii repairing 

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Address of Mr. French, of Idaho 



to the institutions that bear their founders' names, as to 
living fountains, partaking thereof, and going forth to 
lead on and to be the agencies of business and culture and 
learning and inspiration of a mighty age. 

The painting in the corridor just outside the Chamber in 
which we are assembled, called Westward Ho, always has 
had for me peculiar fascination. There, in graphic man- 
ner, is told the story of the building of the West — the ox 
team, the canvas-covered wagon, the sturdy father, the 
dauntless mother with babe upon her breast, the willing 
and confiding children, the expanse of rough mountains to 
be overcome, rivers to be crossed, hardships to be en- 
dured. There is a picture that has been lived 10,000 times 
and more in the building of the West. It is a picture of 
men and women of vision. 

In our great West it is to the men and women of vision 
we look as we search out the heroic leaders upon whom 
turned the development of mighty States — the pioneers. 
Such were the husband and wife who with family depend- 
ent upon them hewed down the forest and made fields, 
blazed trails and made highways, withstood hardship, en- 
dured privations, erected homes, builded schoolhouses 
and churches and colleges. Among them, too, were those 
who seemed to possess peculiar force of character, organi- 
zation ability of rare degree, and that vision that enabled 
them to render conspicuous service to mankind as empire 
builders. 

James J. Hill was such a man, as he visioned and then 
built a roadway into the great Northwest. Frank H. Buhl 
was such a man, as he made reality the dream of years 
that gardens should grow in desert waste. James H. Brady 
was such a man, as in the valleys of south Idaho, with 
vision that you and I did not have and with organization 
abiUty of high order, he builded irrigation works and took 
waters from their beds where for centuries they had 



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Mi;mohiai. AunKESsiis: Senator Bhadv 



flowed and transformed the desert into a rich and bounte- 
ous garden, within whose bounds the thousands of happy 
homes to-day bear living witness of his service. But 
our man of vision saw more than that. The rushing, tur- 
bulent waters that to you and me was beautj' or madness 
of rhythm, depending upon our mood, was all that to 
James H. Brady. And it was more. To him it was light, 
it was heat, it was energy', and it was in a country that 
was bare of forests and that seemed not to be a storehouse 
of coal or other fuel. And so his genius converted the 
rushing waters into light and heat for the home and the 
business, into energy for industry', and gave an object 
lesson that has been and will be followed in the utilization 
and conservation of the natural resources that God has 
given. So, first of all, I think of James H. Brady as a man 
of vision, a builder, whose work will go on and on until 
countless thousands will be his beneficiaries. 

THE PUBLIC man. 

Differing from most nun wlio attain great success in 
business, James H. Brady took the citizen's proud part in 
public life. A Republican, a delegate time and again to 
State and national conventions. Stale chairman of his 
party, president of the Trans-Mississippi Congress, gover- 
nor of Idaho, United States Senator. From Ilia I summary 
may be gathered the abiding interest in public alVairs of 
our late colleagui'. And in each capacity wliat Senator 
Brady accomplished and what he stooil for would iitpiire 
more time to tell than is permitted here. It may be known 
ul once tJKit a man whose ideals were so in iiarmony 
with the best in eilizensiiip, a man so unaccuslomed to 
loitering along the svay, a man so virile, so capable, would 
be lit work and would add slreugUi to Uie matters witli 
uliicii In- liad lo do. 



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Address of Mr. French, of Idaho 



He was a man of convictions, yet fair to his opponent 
and, least of all, not a bigot. He stood for Republican 
policies in general; he stood for the direct primary; he 
stood for woman suffrage; he stood for prohibition, and 
one of the last acts of his life was in behalf of the national 
prohibition amendment; he believed in recognizing new 
problems and meeting them with modern ways of thought 

RESPONSIBU.ITY OF A PUBLIC MAN. 

Always an interesting question in connection with the 
responsibility of public office in a country such as ours is 
the degree of responsibility to be assumed by the public 
official. How closely shall he translate into laws, for 
instance, if he be a member of a legislative body, or into 
acts if he be an executive, that which he knows to repre- 
sent at a given moment the sentiment of the people? Or, 
how steadfastly shall he stand against public sentiment 
when he is convinced it is wrong? 

When Talleyrand told Napoleon that there was greater 
wisdom in France than his, and in reply to Napoleon's 
interrogation, "Where?" replied, "With the people," he 
recited a great truth. Yet how literally shall it be applied? 

In every position of responsibilitj' this question over 
and over again must be met. How do conscientious and 
practical men meet it? One of a thousand other men 
maybe could have been chosen to a given office who would 
have filled it as ably and as well as the one selected. Yet 
he was not chosen. The one who was chosen, like the 
man in the jury box, has had special reason and duty to 
hear the evidence, all of it. Then, shall the man in the 
jury box be asked to render a verdict that reflects not his 
idea, but the sentiment of the spectators who fill the court 
chamber, or shall he hold to the evidence and follow his 
own conscience? Tliere is but one answer. He is trusted 



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with a special responsibility and must meet it. The re- 
sponsibility is his. 

The same, in my judgment, is true of the man in public 
life. True, he must represent his people. Ho uncon- 
sciously draws inspiration from their thoughts and their 
judgments; he is modified by them just as a juror in his 
ideals of right and wrong, of evidence, of credibility of 
witnesses, is unconsciously modified by the i<leals of the 
community that is his home. 

Just such a question Senator Brady was compelled to 
meet when the bill providing for the establishment of the 
selective-draft system of raising an army, instead of the 
volunteer system, was before the Congress. 

If I were to judge from the letters that I received from 
the people of Idaho during the time this measure was 
pending, 1 would be satisfied that the people, generally 
speaking, were in favor at the lime of tlie volunteer sys- 
tem. I would suppose tliat the correspondence of the peo- 
ple of the State with Senator Brady would indicate the 
same. Yet Senator Brady was compellt d, in obedience to 
his conscience, after he studied over tlie problem of what 
would be best for our Nation, to support the policy 
of raising an army by application of tlie selective-draft 
principle. 

A crisis was upon our world; our country's future was 
in the l)alanee; civilization was at stake, and wlio will say 
tliat it was not tiie greatest [tatriotisni, tlie iioiiicst sirvice 
of every person trusted with responsibility to in Ip to 
shape our laws in line witli the dictates of conscience. 

If by following tliat course the Members of Congress 
were compelh d to adopt tiii' selective-draft system, well 
did they do llieir duty. My own judgment is that williin 
ii year \vi- liad l\\ic<' as large an Army as wc wciuld liave 
had under the volunteer system, uiiliss llic innplc liad 
resorted lo more coi-reive ;nid scvci'e mt asiires than were 



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Address of Mr. French, of Idaho 



resorted to by the Government in the raising of the Army. 
More than that, there is no doubt in my mind that the bur- 
den of responsibility has fallen more equitably upon our 
people than it could possibly have fallen under the volun- 
teer system. 

That this view of the question dominated the mind of 
Senator Brady I have no doubt, and I have no doubt that 
the people of the State of Idaho whom he represented, 
even long before his death, had come to approve the very 
position that he took and gladly would have placed their 
stamp of affirmation upon his course on this great subject 
if the question could have been referred to them again. 

THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. 

In meeting his task Senator Brady knew that he was not 
a well man, yet he was upon important committees. The 
most important, as I regard it, was the Committee on 
Military Affairs of the Senate, which had to do with the 
shaping of the laws necessary to the mobilization of the 
man power of our people. True, this responsibility was 
upon the whole committee, and a man of less earnestness 
and less dogged determination to do his part could well 
have permitted the burden of work to rest upon other 
shoulders. 

It is but just to Senator Brady to recount that during the 
trying days when large measures were being considered, 
when the counsel of studious men was most of all desired. 
Senator Brady remained at his post of duty, not only 
utilizing the strength of the day but borrowing of the 
strength that should have been conserved for the morrow. 
He borrowed too heavily of this strength, and in doing 
so made the great sacrifice. 

PERSONAL attributes. 

Mr. Speaker, one of the chief characteristics of Senator 
Brady in his public life was his utter generosity toward 
his opponents and his utter inability apparently to har- 

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Mi;m()Hiai. Addhfssks : Sknatoh Brad'i 



l)or personal resentment against those who in the sharp 
clashes of political encounters attempted to bring about 
liis defeat. In fact, I recall no dther man more free from 
malice and resentment. 

If he was generous and charitable in public life, in 
private life, likewise, these \'irtues dominated his char- 
acter. He loved his fellow men. He was kindly. He was 
considerate. He was neighbor to those in want. His 
purse was open to the needy, and his benefactions were 
as wide apart as caring for the wants of the unfortunate 
in his neighborhood to the maintenance of missions in 
India. 

A man of such characteristics reminds us that " In the 
same measure ye mete it out, it shall be measured to you 
again." So in turn Senator Braoy was loved and admired. 
As in life his world was full of friends, so in his departure 
his memory is fondly cherished by the hosts of those who 
wished him well. 

The Si'F.AKKH pro tempore. In accordance with the res- 
olutions heretofore adopted, the House will now stand 
adjourned until lo-morrow. 

Accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.), in 
pursuance with the order heretofore adopted, the House 
adjourned until lo-morrow, Monday. January 27, 1910, at 
11 o'clock a. ni. 



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APPENDIX 



Newspaper Comments, Memorials, Editorials, and Con- 
dolences 

Mr. Smith of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, in pursuance of the 
permission heretofore granted to me, I append at this 
point the memorials and editorial comments referred to: 

[From the Idaho Daily Statesman, Jan. 14, 1918.] 
DEATH CONCLUDES BRADy's CAREER — JUNIOR SENATOR FROM IDAHO 

stricken with heart attack and succumbs at his home in 
washington .\t 6.30 sunday evening came to gem state from 

kansas over 20 years ago. 

Washington. 

Senator James H. Brady, of Idaho, died of heart disease at his 
Washington residence at 6.30 o'clock Sunday evening. His death 
was not unexpected, as he has been in a critical condition since 
Thursday morning, and two attending physicians had announced 
there was no hope. For the past two days the Senator was kept 
alive by stimulants. 

In accordance with his wishes expressed Sunday when he 
realized the end was near. Senator Brady's remains will be cre- 
mated and his ashes later will be taken to Idaho for burial. 
Funeral services will be held at 'his residence, probably on 
Wednesday. 

Senator Brady's fatal illness was very similar to a heart attack 
suffered nearly two years ago. Since that first illness he never 
fuUy regained his strength and the exertion of his recent holiday 
trip to Pocatello caused his collapse on the train returning to 
Washington last Sunday. Not until Thursday did the doctors 
give up hope. Twice since then he rallied and twice it was 
thought he might get well. 

Senator Brady was conscious through most of his illness and 
Sunday frequently recognized and spoke with those at his bed- 
side. Toward evening, however, he realized the end was ap- 
proaching and said good-by to his wife. Representative Smith, 
and others at his bedside. An hour before he passed away he 
fell into a quiet slumber, from which he never awakened. 

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Neither of the Senator's sons, who had been telegraphed for, 
reached Washington before the Senator died. They are expected 
Monday. Mrs. Brady's mother is corning from Seattle, and her 
sister, Mrs. Jayne, was with her Sunday. 

Senator Borah will announce Senator Brady's death in the 
Senate Monday, and adjournment will be taken immediately. Mr. 
Smith will make a similar announcement in the House. 

Speaking of his late colleague. Senator Borah said : 

HARD WORKING AND FAITH FIL. 

" Senator Brady was a hard working and faithful Senator. No 
man ever took his work more seriously or worked harder than 
he to represent his people. I have no doubt that his remaining 
in Washington through last summer's long wearing session is in 
large part responsible for his death." 

Senator Brady was 55 years of age last June. He was born in 
Indiana County, Pa., in 18G2, but spent his boyhood and his first 
years as a young man in Kansas. He was graduated from the 
Olathe (Kans.) High School and studied at the Slate Normal 
School at Leavenworth. 

He then taught school in Kansas for three years and spent two 
years editing a small newspaper. Later he engaged in general 
business, and then removed to Idaho in 1894 and made his home 
at Pocatello. 

He became very successful in a business way, and invested 
largely in the development of irrigation schemes and later in 
water-power sites, the largest of which was at American Falls. 
This was subseiiuently sold. M the lime of his death he owned 
the Mountain Home project system, and had various real estate 
holdings in different parls of Ihc Slate, principally around Poca- 
tello. 

He lirst appeared prumineiilly in the iiolilical life of the Slate 
when he became chairman of the Republican Slate central com- 
mittee in 1901, a position which he held until 1908. He was 
elected governor of Idaho on November 3, I'.HIS, ami served in 
that olliee in the years of 1909 and 1910. 

On January 21, 1913, the Slate legisialure elected Mr. Biunv a 
United Stales Senator to llll out tlie unex])ired term of the late 
Senator Weldoii B. Heyburn. Judge K. I. Perky served by ap- 
piiiiilment as I'nited States Senator between tlie time of Hey- 
burii's death, in October, lOl'J, iiiilil the legislature met and 
elected Riuuv in 1913. 



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TERM EXPIRES IN 1921. 

On November 3, 1914, Mr. Brady was reelected to the United 
States Senate for a term which expires March 3, 1921. He is 
survived by his widow, who was Miss Irene Moore, of Chicago, 
III., and by two sons, issue of a former marriage. Both the sons 
live in Kansas. 

Senator Brady was a member of many important Senate com- 
mittees, as follows: 

Military Affairs. 

Mines and Mining. 

Agriculture and Forestry. 

Conservation of National Resources. 

National Banks. 

Expenditures in the Department of Commerce. 

Public Lands. 

Public Buildings and Grounds. 



GOVERNOR ASKS THAT BODY BE SENT HERE. 

When Gov. M. Alexander learned of the death of Senator 
James H. Brady he immediately sent a telegram to the Senator's 
widow at Washington, D. C, saying: 

" The State of Idaho sends words of condolence in your 
bereavement in the loss of your life partner. Idaho feels the loss 
with you, in the passing of the illustrious statesman, governor, 
Senator, and first citizen of Idaho. 

" Idaho asks permission to take charge of his remains, to bring 
him back to the State he so loved and honored by his citizenship 
and public service, that he may lie in state at the capitol at Boise 
and that his people may have the privilege of taking a last fare- 
well look upon the man who has done so much for Idaho." 



THANK PEOPLE OF IDAHO BRADY FAMILY EXPRESSES APPRECIATION 

FOR governor's MESSAGE. 

Gov. Alexander Tuesday received from Congressman Addison 
T. Smith a telegram in which he extended on behalf of Mrs. 
James H. Brady and the sons of the late Senator Brady their ap- 
preciation of the sympathy extended, through a message by the 

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governor, by the people of Idaho for their bereavement. The 
Congressman's message said : 

" Mrs. Brady and the other members of the family of Senator 
Brady wish mc to express to you their appreciation of the sym- 
pathy extended to them by the citizens of Idaho, so feelingly in- 
dicated in your telegram, and to say further that in accordance 
with tile expressed wish of the Senator his remains will be cre- 
mated and his ashes interred in the State he loved so well and 
which had so highly honored him. When this is done his family 
will willingly cooperate in the furtherance of any plans his , 
fellow citizens may wish adopted in their (Usirc to honor his 
memory. 

" Addison T. Smith." 



[From the Idaho Daily Statesman, Jan. 15, 1918.] 

fineral of late senator to be held in washington; remains to 

be cremated mrs. brady deems it inadvisable to make trip 

to idaho owing to demoralized traffic conditions; is appre- 
ciative senate and holse pay honor to late .member. 

Washington. 

Because of the disorganized conditions of railroads and the 
uncertainty of travel, llu- remains of the late Senator Brady will 
not be taken to Idaho. 

Funeral services for the late Senator Br.\dv, of Idaho, will be 
conducted here Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. Forrest J. 
I'rcttyman, Chaplain of the Senate. Arrangements were made 
Monday night after the arrival of the Senator's two sons, who 
had been snowbiiund in llie .Middle West while trying to reach 
their father's bedside. 

The body will be cremated and the ashes will be taken to I'oca- 
tello, Idaho, Senator Hhadv's former home. 

Mrs. Brady .Monday received a telegram from Gov. .Mexander 
urging that the remains be brought to Idaho immediutely. While 
api>re(-ialing tlie desire of the people to |)av tribute to the late 
Senator, Mrs. Brady deems il unwise to attempt to make the trip 
under prevailing conditions. 

Senator Biui>y's <le:illi was annoiineed in the .Senate by Senator 
iiorah and in the House by Hei)reseiil:ilive Smith, and upon 
adoption of appropriate resolutions both Mouses adjourned out 
of respect. 

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Flags on the Capitol were at half-mast Monday, and will so 
remain until after the funeral. Vice President Marshall named a 
committee, consisting of Senators Borah, Gallinger, Smoot, Hard- 
ing, Warren, Chamberlain, Thomas, King, Fletcher, and Beckham, 
to attend the funeral. The Speaker named a committee of 15, 
including the two Idaho Members. 



POCATELLO PAYS TRIBUTE TO REALLY TRUE FRIEND PEOPLE OF ALL 

CLASSES STUNNED BY LOSS OF MAN WHO HAS DONE MUCH FOR 
DEVELOPMENT OF SECTION. 

PocATELLO, Idaho. 

The death of Senator Brady falls like a pall over the business 
and social life of this city. All flags are at half-mast and persons 
of all parties pay spoken and silent tribute to a really true friend. 
Bankers, railroad men, laborers, and even children lament the 
loss of James H. Brady. 

When he left here two weeks ago he told associates that after 
the present term he would come back and enjoy life with old 
cronies. He always was a very busy man with canals, electric 
plants, banking, ranching, and building development, but he al- 
ways had time for a cheery word and smile, and by such will 
friends remember him. 

His deeds of charity were many and unheralded, and for years 
he was president of the Children's Home Finding Societj'. 

Senator Brady won considerable publicity for the State by or- 
ganizing the famous governors' special train, which toured the 
East in 1911. He had been president of the Trans-Mississippi 
Commercial Congress, vice president of the National Irrigation 
Congress, and vice president of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 

Memorial plans are under way to receive Senator Brady's ashes, 
and Pocatello will ask the State of Idaho to assist in doing 
honor to her illustrious dead. 



HOME CITY mourning AT SENATOR S DEATH. 

PoCATELLO. 

" Senator Brady's death is a terrible loss to Pocatello, his home 
city," said J. H. Peterson, former attorney general of the Slate, 
Sunday evening. 

" On every hand is evidence of the fact that Pocatello citizens 
realize that Senator Brady did more for and meant more to the 

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city than any man who ever lived here. His loss will be felt by 
the community for many years to come. 

" Personally 1 have been intimately associated with Senator 
Brady for the last 12 or 14 years, and our association has cm- 
braced business affairs and political activities. During those 
years of association I learned to know Mr. Brady well and to esti- 
mate him as one of Idaho's really big men. I feel deeply the loss 
of a dear personal friend, and mourn his loss to the State, which 
by his death has lost one who was really a great man." 



RETIRrVG CHAIRMAN IS GRIEVKI) AT HAD NEWS. 

" I feel that I have lost one of my best and truest personal 
friends," said Evan Evans, of Grangeville, retiring chairman of 
the Republican State central committee, Sunday night, when, 
just after reaching Boise, he was informed of Senator Brady's 
death. 

" My relations with Mr. Brady were more in the nature of a 
personal friendship of several years' standing than they were 
like a business relationship. Nevertheless, I appreciate to the 
full his services to the Nation and to Idaho. He was a man of 
the highest aspirations and was intensely loyal to his country and 
If) the welfare of his fellow men." 



LOSS IS IRREPAHAnLE, SAYS Jl'DGE STANDROD. 

PocATF.LLO, Idaho. 

The sadness of Pocatello, Senator Brady's home, when news of 
his death was received, was expressed by Judge 1). W. Standrod, 
of this city, in the following telegram, which he dispatched to 
Congressman .\ddis()n T. Smith for transmission to Mrs. Brady: 

" Wliili- deeply grieved and so sensitive to my own great loss 
in Senator Brady's death, for he was my friend, 1 can hardly 
estimate what it will mean to the Slate, but 1 feel that just now 
it is irreparable. So loyal was he to his country, and so intensely 
sacred to him was any interest of his Slate, thai at this time his 
hand, which was never spared when duly called, was of unusual 
slrenglh. His activities in Ihe permanent development of Idaho 
have left for him an abiding place among the people as a dis- 
tinct beiiefacliir." 



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GREAT SERVICE IS VERDICT OF HAWLEY. 

Ex.-Gov. James H. Hawley said, upon hearing of the death of 
Senator Brady: 

" The loss of Senator James H. Brady at this time is one that 
will be deeply felt throughout the State. He has stood behind the 
administration and the State throughout the trying times of the 
great world war. His has been a great service." 



senator BRADY' DIED ON DUTY' D. W. DAVIS SAY'S DECEASED STATES- 
MAN REFUSED TO FOLLOW ADVICE OF HIS PHYSICIAN. 

Hon. D. W. Davis, of American Falls, who was for years closely 
associated with Senator Brady, was informed by telegraph Sun- 
day night of the Senator's death. Mr. Davis, who is at San Fran- 
cisco, has telegraphed to the Statesman the following tribute to 
Senator Brady's life and his life work: 

" San Francisco. 

"All Idaho will mourn the death of Senator Brady'. In him our 
Stale loses a builder, a man whose greatest ambition was to see 
Idaho's many resources, mines, timber, agriculture, and power 
developed for our rapidly increasing population. 

"As governor he always worked hard, endeavoring to serve the 
people in a way that he thought was best. I knew Mr. Brady well 
and was associated with him in a business way when he was 
elected to the Senate. He was a man of a great deal of force 
and energy, and made a wonderful record of things accomplished 
in his first two years, as scores of homesteaders who had their 
affairs in Washington attended to by him can testify. 

" The strong vote given him in 1914 when he was elected by a 
popular vote of the people was a strong manifestation of appre- 
ciation. Since that time his services have constantly grown in 
value to our State and Nation. 

" Since the war began the Senate Military Affairs Committee, 
of which Senator Brady was a member, has been in almost con- 
tinuous session. His death at this time is largely due to the fact 
that he failed to heed the advice of his physician to take a six 
months' rest. When talking to me last fall I urged him to follow 
the physician's advice. He replied, ' Davis, I would rather die 
on duty than to leave my post when my country is at war.' 

"And he did." 

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idaho men pay tribute joseph perrault and walter hanson 

surprised and grieved at death. 

Spokane. 
News of tliL- death of Senator James H. Brady in the National 
Capital Sunday niglit was received with unconcealed sorrow by 
the north Idaho nu-n who were in Spokane. His work in con- 
nection with the development of the State and his eflforts in be- 
half of the party were recalled and commented on. It was the 
comment of all that he would he greatly missed. Senator Brady, 
while not so well known in Spokane as Senator Borah, had visited 
here a number of times, and numbered many Spokane men among 
his friends, as well as a host of personal and political friends in 
north Idaho. 

perrault's tribute. 

Joseph Pfrraull, of Boise, who arrived Sunday night, was sur- 
prised when told the news. 

"Why, I thought he was going to pull lluough," Mr. Penault 
said; "the reports the last few days were so favorable we were 
all hoping he would be sj)ared to carry on the work he has done 
for Idaho. Senator Brady was a man of most kindly disposition, 
and this element was what made him best liked by his friends. 
He was always trying to do something for his Stale, and bow 
well he succeeded is attested by the great developments which he 
wrought in the southern part of Idaho. The district around 
Mountain Home is a monument to his sagacity, bis energy, and 
his foresight. There be took head of a defunct irrigation sys- 
tem and put it on its feel. He bad large interests in the vicinity 
of Pocatello, and bad caused wonderful development there. 

" Senator Brady wore bis honors in modest manner, and he 
grew and broadened in a way that was most gratifying to bis 
fi-iends. The more honors came to him the more kindly he was 
and the more be realiziil bis responsibilities ami tried to measure 
up to them." 

CRKAT I.OSS TO STATK. 

Walter Hanson, of Wallace, who was a warm friend of Senator 
Brady, said: 

" Senator Brady was one of the l)esl and most zealous .Senators 
we ever b:ul in Idaho, and there is no iiuestioii but his ih-ath is a 
distinct loss lo the Stale. His efforts in liebalf of development 
are widely known in llu' south, but perhaps not so will known 



Appendix 



in this section. However, his work will stand as a monument to 
a long and well spent life. Idaho could ill afTord to lose him at 
this time. His large means made it possible for him to do much 
which other Senators could not, and he spent hiis money with- 
out restraint to accomplish those things which seemed to him 
for the efTorts of the State." 



general regret at wallace. 

Wallace. 
General regret was manifested in Wallace Sunday night when 
news reached here of Senator Brady's death in Washington. All 
evening there were telephone queries received at the oflice of 
the Press Times from persons who had known the late Senator 
personally. 



lewiston grieved at news. 

Lewiston. 
The many friends of Senator Brady in Lewiston were grieved 
Sunday night at the news of his death in Washington. Comments 
were heard on all sides on the loss the State has sustained by the 
death of the man who so well represented Idaho at the National 
Capital. 

OFFICIALS PAY BRADY TRIBUTE AT STATEHOUSE GOVERNOR, SUPREME 

COURT JUDGES, MEMBERS OF DEFENSE COUNCIL, AND OTHERS UNITE 
IN HONORING LATE SENATOR. 

State officials, members of the State defense council, and State 
employees paid tribute Wednesday to the memory of the late 
Senator James H. Brady. Memorial services were held in the 
house chamber of the old capitol. They commenced at 12 
o'clock, corresponding with the hour set for the funeral in 
Washington. 

The services lasted for an hour. Chief Justice Budge, of the 
State supreme court, presided. 

The statehouse remained closed from 12 o'clock until 3 and 
flags hung at half-mast. 

ARRANGED BY GOVERNOR. 

Gov. Alexander arranged the services. He called the State 
officials and the employees at the capitol together and invited 
the members of the defense council to attend. 

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The governor spoke briefly, when tlic services opened, before 
asking the chief justice to preside. 

Chief Justice Budge spoke of Senator Brady as he had known 
him in private life. He termed the late Senator the hardest 
worker in southeastern Idaho. 

Justice Morgan, Attorney General NValters, Judge James F. 
Ailshie, State Treasurer Eagleson, and Dr. Reynolds, of Meridian, 
were the otlier speakers. 

PRAISED BY JUDGE MORGAN. 

Justice Morgan praised Senator Brady' for his patriotism, de- 
claring that " his actions of the last few months had struck a 
responsive chord in every heart in Idaho. 

" When the country was threatened with war Senator Br.\dy' 
stood behind the administration with the same characteristic 
firmness which marked liis life here in Idalio. 

" I am told, and I firmly believe, that his death was hastened by 
his patriotism." 

GOVERNOR TELLS OF LOY'ALTY'. 

Gov. .Alexander, speaking toward tlie close of the services, 
termed the late Senator " a man who could forget and forgive." 
He alluded to his political activities in the State and to his capac- 
ity for business, but dwelt at length on his loyalty to the Presi- 
dent in the present crisis. 

" When the President declared war on the autocratic German 
Empire Senator Br.vdy stood up like a man and said: 'My coun- 
try first, politics afterwards." .\nd he died because he would not 
desert his post, despite his doctor's warning. He was advised 
that he would have to get away from Washington and rest up 
a while, but he replied 'that the boys who were going to France 
were making sacrifices, and he would not (|uit them,' and he 
was one of the first to fall in this war." 

.\ttorne> General Walters ])aid his tribute to Senator Hkaiiy as 
u man in public life, speaking, at the re(|uest of the governor, as 
u representative of the Slate. He said Idaho shouhi be proud 
to have had Senator Brady as a cilizcn. 

TKLLS OK IMS i:llAUiriKS. 

Slate Treasurer Kagleson told of what Senator Biwdy had done 
for charities during his life. " While governor In- t<:ive his I'niire 
salary and more to chnrilv." 



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Another incident of the late Senator's interest in charities was 
recited by the State treasurer when he told how he had wired 
and provided lights without cost to a Pocatello hospital. 

Dr. Reynolds, too, touched upon the human trails possessed by 
Senator Bfiady, telling how he spent his time and money while 
in Washington to help an Idaho boy far from home. 

Judge Ailshie spoke of Senator Brady as he had known him in 
private and public life for 20 years or more. 

Justice Morgan, Judge Ailshie, and Gov. Alexander were ap- 
pointed members of a committee which will draft resolutions of 
respect to the memory of Senator Br.\dy to-day. 



[Copy of the resolution passed at the memorial services held for Senator James 
H. Brady in Boise Jan. 16, 1918.] 

Whereas death has removed from the sphere of earthly activity 
our fellow citizen, Senaton James H. Brady, and from the 
State of Idaho a trusted servant: Be it 

Resolved, That, recognizing his long, faithful, and patriotic 
service in behalf of the public and his splendid endeavors and 
achievements in private life, we, the State officers and citizens 
in memorial assembly gathered, hereby express our sincere sym- 
pathy with the bereaved widow and deep regret over the loss of 
a useful and patriotic citizen. 

M. Alexander. 
J. F. Ailshie. 
Wm. M. Morgan. 
Attested by — 

Alfred Budge, Chairman. 



BRADY HONORED BY CHURCHMEN TRIBUTE PAID TO FINE TRAITS IN 

POLITICS, BUSINESS, AND RELIGION WAS A MAN OF COURAGE 

MEMBERS OF CONGREGATIONAL BROTHERHOOD PRAISE PERSONAL AND 
PUBLIC LIFE. 

Services of memorial for the late Senator James H. Brady were 
held in the First Congregational Church of Boise Sunday fore- 
noon, at which Harry K. Fritchman told of Senator Br\dy's in- 
fluence in politics, Frank G. Ensign of Senator Brady's influence 
in business, and A. L. Freehafer of his influence in religion and 
philanthropy. 

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Senator Brady was a member of the Congregational Church in 
Pocatello, attended the Boise Congregational Church while he 
was governor, and was one of the founders of the Brotherhood 
of the Boise Church in 1910. The Rev. Shellon Bisscll, pastor 
of the Boise Church, spoke of these facts in introducing the 
speakers. 

INFLUENTIAL IN POLITICS. 

" The political field in Idaho in those daj's was very inviting 
to a man of his capacity and offered great opportunities," said 
Mr. Fritchman, speaking of Senator Brady's coming to this State 
in the early nineties. 

" He cast his lot with the Republican Parly and was not long 
in placing himself in the front rank of its leading men. His 
wise counsel and sound judgment were sought after by his asso- 
ciates, and his advice was freely followed." 

Of Mr. Brady as governor he spid : " The State never had a 
more devoted executive. In the prime of life, a tireless worker, 
with a single purpose in view, to serve the people rightly as he 
saw the right, and with courage to act with fairness to all, he 
filled the high office with credit to himself and honor to his 
party. His administration will go down in the history of the 
State as one of the cleanest so far recorded." 

A GOOD LOSr.R, TOO. 

Of Gov. Brady's defeat by James H. Hawley for governor Mr. 
Fritchman said: "Gov. Br.u>y never showed to belter advantage 
than he did on the occasion of this defeat. He had never known 
defeat before. It was a bitter defeat, but he was the besi loser 
I ever knew. He came up smiling, and as soon as the result of 
the election was known he cdngralulaled Mr. HawKy as the victor 
anti from the botlmn of his heart wished him well." 

As Senator: "James H. Brady was a big Senator. He was al- 
ways on duty and participated in all the big questions which 
came before Ihe Senate for considriallon. .\s a «lepartnient 
man Idaho never had his e(iual. Quick to grasp a business situ- 
ation, he could be trusted to look after any mailer of business 
in iiiiy of the dii)arliiienls at NVasiiinglon, and no citizen was too 
humble to enlist his services. 

" His loyally to the Stale and Nation has never been nueslioned. 
While extremely partisan, he was first an American, 'riie Sena- 



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tor had stood squarely with the administration in all the war 
measures, and not a single incident can be pointed out in ■which 
he has refused to uphold the hands of the President." 

BRADY AS A BUSINESS MAN. 

Mr. Ensign characterized Senator Brady as " an empire 
builder." 

" In considering the influence of James H. Brady in business," 
he said, " we must recognize his dynamic energy and tireless 
activity. Van Dyke has said, ' Genius is energy quite as much as 
insight.' 

"As a business man Senator Brady was one of those rare men 
■with a vision — a vision of the unlimited possibilities of this 
wonderful Snake River Valley. Where others merely saw a 
desolate waste his vision showed fields green with alfalfa and 
golden with waving grain, with herds of cattle and many homes 
of prosperous ranchers. 

" With characteristic industry and unflagging zeal he made his 
business the building of an empire. His influence will last for 
all time in the irrigated sections, from Ashton to Mountain Home." 

The speaker applied to Senator Brady the words of Theodore 
Roosevelt: "Save only the preservation of the Union itself, no 
other task has been so important as the conquest and settlement 
of the West." 

HIS RELIGIOUS NATURE. 

Senator Freehafer cited numerous traits of Senator Brady's 
character to show that he had " the Christ spirit." He mentioned 
first the impression he had received from going out ■with Mr. 
Brady into the Idaho hills and valleys and seeing how he de- 
lighted in being close to nature, and, as it seemed, seeing God 
in it. 

" He seemed to see the nearness of the Creator in the things 
that were created. I noted in him a buoyant spirit, a big hu- 
manity, and a big heart. 

" He loved social life and was not frozen by the dignity of 
high position. 

" He was a lover of humanity and had a broad interest in life, 
■which to me was evidence that he had the Christ spirit. 

loyal to PRINCIPLE. 

" He was consistent and loyal to principle. He was in the 
midst of the fight between the ' wets ' and the ' drys ' in this 

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State and allied himself with the ' drys ' early in the contest, be- 
fore that side was very popular. That he was consistent in this 
to the time of his death is shown by a letter which he wrote to 
the Congregational Brotherhood in Boise last June: 

" ' I thank you for your telegram with reference to the prohibi- 
tion provision of the food bill. 1 have supported every bone-dry 
prohibition amendment that has come before the Senate since 
I have been a Member of that body, and the day before receiving 
your telegram I had fought in the Committee on .\griculture for 
six hours to retain the House amendment, and it so happened 
that my vote decided the (luestion of retaining the House provi- 
sion in the Senate bill, after it had been eliminated by the sub- 
committee, and I am hopeful that we will be successful in our 
fight for prohibition on the floor of the Senate.' " 

Mr. Freehafer mentioned Senator Brady's work toward estab- 
lishing a Congregational Church in the vicinity of his Washing- 
ton mansion and spoke of such incidents as his care for a lonely 
boy who had been sent to the Naval .\cademy at .\nnapolis. 

ENCOURAGED EVEBY REFORM. 

As governor, said tlie speaker, Mr. Brady encouraged every 
reform. 

■' There was no question of liis loyalty to the Government in 
tlie war. He was no coward, and he met his Maker face to face 
at his post of dutv." 

The Uev. J. E. Ingham, moderator of the Congregational con- 
ference of southern Idaho, read the Scripture at the services, and 
there were selections by the church quartet and a solo by Miss 
I.a Moyne Mavfuld. 

Members of the National Council of NYomen Voters, of which 
Senator Brady was one of the sponsors, attended by special in- 
vitation. 



[From the Pocatello Tribune.] 
TRIBUTE IS I'AID TO .MKMORY OF IIRADY — MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE 
HEIJ> Vl:STl:llDAY AFTERNOON AND OIJ)-TIMI-: FRIENDS OAVF lAST 
FOND TESTI.MONIAI. TO MAN WHOSE ACTIVITIES AND ENTERPRISE 
WERE ITEMS OF Sl'CH FORCE TO IDAHO AM) HIS HOME CITY. 

One of the most lieiiutiful and most impressive memorial serv- 
ices ever held in llie city was lield yesterihiy afleriiuon at the 
I'rincess Theater in honor to the memory of the late United States 
.Senator Jamis II. Dkaiiy. Throughout llu- afternoon personal 

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friends of long standing listened to the eloquent words of those 
who knew the Senator's many fine qualities and appreciated his 
constructive genius so well, and the theater was packed to the 
limit with the associates and friends of years. 

The Masonic bodies turned out in large force, and good-sized 
delegations were present from the Elk and Eagle lodges, while 
citizens at large struggled for standing room. 

The meeting was presided over by A. C. Hinckley, president 
of the Pocatcllo Commercial Club, of which the Senator was the 
first president, and after a feeling, eloquent, and inspirative in- 
vocation by Rev. C. H. Cleaves, of the Congregational Church, 
of which the Senator was long a member, the chairman intro- 
duced Senator D. W. Davis, an old friend and for manj- years 
business and political associate of Senator Brady. 

THE PERSONAL SIDE. 

Senator Davis dwelt at length on the achievements and personal 
side of Mr. Brady's life, from his early-day adversities to his later 
successes. " He was a great man for Idaho and served not only 
as citizen in loyal manner, but as governor and any other capac- 
ity, and always as a loyal man who never quit when defeated." 
The ofiicial life of the deceased was given close and effective 
resume, and the great promotive facultj' of Senator Brady was 
well emphasized by Mr. Davis in reference to the famous " gov- 
ernor's special " train several years ago, and brought out the 
point that the Senator's indomitable will and action always 
brought the best results to the people. In connection with that 
incident he told a railroad head, " You provide the train and I'll 
provide the governors." It meant a world of benefit to the West. 

The Senator's long activities in behalf of the State and his 
home city were given extended reference by Senator Davis, who 
emphasized the tenacity and firm purpose with which Mr. Brady 
always undertook a task by citing the remark of a public official 
at Washington: "When Brady wants anything from a depart- 
ment the way to get rid of him is to give it to him." 

" Just a year ago to-day," said Mr. Davis, " I heard his maiden 
speech. The Senator was then in weakened condition, and he 
was advised to take a rest, but he cited, ' I would rather die at 
my post of duty than to quit now,' and he persistently followed 
his desire to perform the fullest duty possible to the people at 
large. He was a man who knew no defeat, overcame all ob- 
stacles, and made his enterprises successful; and his death may 



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be attributed to the unfailing zeal that actuated him under any 
and every occasion." 

Senator Davis's address was a stirring and interesting tribute. 

AN ELOQLKNT ADDRESS. 

Dr. John Halliwell Dickinson, who has known the Senator but 
a short time and to admire him for the great undertakings he 
had in mind, gave one of the most eloquent and eulogistic ad- 
dresses ever heard in the city. The " Parson's " splendid com- 
mand of English and his powerful delivery held the audience 
spellbound, and he dwelt entirely with the constructive genius 
and splendid character of the big citizen who had gone. " This 
is not a time for mourning," he said, " but for rejoicing in that 
he was the exponent for good. His word was duty, and may it 
be with us as it was with him." His address was of the exalted 
type that beautifully cited the virtues of the departed citizen. 

W. H. Cleare, for 25 years a close associate of Senator Brady, 
spoke feelingly and sincerely of the association he had so long 
enjoyed. He dwelt at length on the wonderful development of 
irrigation, power, and other projects, of the widespread recog- 
nition of the resourcefulness and keen vision of the .Senator, and 
the marked ability he possessed for bringing the practical side 
out of his vision. " He did not travel in a beaten path," said Mr. 
Cleare, " but he was a visionisl, and he made it substantial. 
\Vhilc he was accumulating he was creating. His great com- 
mercial enterprises are monuments to his energy and activity. 
In the Senate the Senator recently said to me: 'I am forgetting 
that 1 am a Republican or that the President is a Democrat.' He 
was willing to pledge all on the altar of patriotism, and be was 
closely associated with the active men and was a fine friend or a 
fair man to the oilier side. Not only was he a patriot, but be 
lived far beyond himself, and the loss is great." 

A FORCF.Fl'L SPEECH. 

Hon. J. H. Peterson, former attorney general, and a friend 
from boyhood of the late Senator, was the last speaker of the 
day, and his address was teeming with rare epigrams and gems 
of i)oinle(l reference, and Mr. Peterson sj)oke in a manner that 
demonstrated his utterances were inspired by the deepest feel- 
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He spoke of the great achievements that have been crowded 
into the 55 years of the Senator's life, of his power, irrigation, 
and commercial enterprises, his public undertakings and public 
service, his noted political career, and the vast enterprises he 
still had in mind. 

" He was a record breaker for a little over 15 years," stated 
Mr. Peterson, " was an indefatigable worker, and of unfailing 
good nature. He never squealed when he was hurt, and no ob- 
stacle was insurmountable to him. " Fail " was not in his lexi- 
con. He always came up smiling, and he was what I like to refer 
to as typically American. When war came he forgot his private 
affairs and gave over his time to the public and the cause, and 
inspired by righteous valor of patriotism he drove his complain- 
ing body through day after day of tremendous toil. He was 
signally a martyr to the cause of free government. 

" Paradoxical as it may seem, when blood is being poured out 
in rivers on the sodden soil of Europe, yet never was human life 
of such value. Never before has man been so honored as to die 
in cause so certainly just, so ambiguously unselfish. One who 
lays down his life in such a cause shall take it up again. These 
are the principles for which he gave his life. It is for us to 
highly resolve that he shall not have died in vain." 

Other forceful expressions were brought out by Mr. Peter- 
son: 

" It does not so much matter when a man dies, or of what. 
It does matter how he died, and for what he lived. 

"A man is a success or a failure according as he contributes 
to the happiness and welfare of others. The selfish man is for- 
gotten before the sound of the clods upon his casket have died 
away. 

" He was a dreamer — the most practical kind of a dreamer. 
He dreamed great dreams and went about it to see that they came 
true. He was a prophet — the most wholesome and useful kind 
of a prophet. He uttered great prophecies and went to work to 
see that they were fulfilled. He loved the people of Idaho, and 
his intentions toward them and his desire to serve them were as 
pure and unselfish as was Caesar's will. He was a martyr to the 
cause of free government just as much as is the heroic soldier 
who is killed going over the top." 



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A day of I'lUENDS. 

Through the exercises it was apparent that the event was not 
fused with other cause save to pay tribute to a departed and 
loved citizen, and all people participated. 

The musical end of the i)rogram was exceptionally enjoyable. 
The orchestral numbers were given by Reed's orchestra and 
were exceedingly appropriate. The vocal solo by Mrs. H. B. 
Thompson was one of the most effective numbers ever given in 
the city on similar occasion. She sang in beautiful voice, and 
the selection was admirably suited to her clear and ringing 
soprano. She was accompanied by Miss Helen Barnard. 

The vocal solo by Ed Schaeffer was an equally pleasing selec- 
tion, and his tenor was decidedly effective in the choice of com- 
position he gave. He was accompanied by Miss Dorothy Hull. 

The stage was attractively arranged in American flags, in the 
center of which was the draped photo of the late Senator. The 
decorations were placed under tlie supervision of Cicorgc L. 
Thompson, of the Princess Theater staff, and the use of the the- 
ater was patriotically donated to the cause by Messrs. Archibald 
and Carrothers. 

Arrangements fur the exercises were in charge of a commer- 
cial club committee composed of P. C. O'Malley, chairman, A. C. 
Hinckley, and Charles G. Sumner. 

RESOLUTION OFFKRED. 

The event closed with tlie audience standing while the " Star- 
Si)angled Banner" was played, and previous to lliis time a reso- 
lution of condolence was olfered by .\tlorney Jesse H. S. Budge 
and unanimously adopted, and is given below: 

Mrs. Jamks H. Brady, 

Tliirlii-fiflli and Wooillcij HoacI, W'lisliinnlon, I). C.: 
The people of I'ocalelh), assembled in nu-morial service, desire 
to express to you their respect for your honored companion, who 
has departed this life; to say to you in all sincerity how we de- 
plore bis loss, bow we appreciate his service to his Slate and 
country, and how we honor his memory for his good works 
and splendid patriotism. Ills fellow citizens desire also to con- 
vey lo you Jheir heartfelt sympathy and to ask God's blessing 
upon you. 

A. C. MiNCKI.IIY, 

Clitiirntiin nf lite Mcetin<i. 



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Among the many messages of condolence received by 
Mrs. Brady were the following: 

The White House, 
Washington, January I'l, 19iS. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Thirty-fifth and Woodley Road, Washington, D. C. 
My Dear Mrs. Brady: May I not express to you my sincere 
sympathy? Our hearts go out to you in your great loss, and I 
hope that you may have comfort from the only Source from 
■which it can come. 

Cordially and sincerely, yours, 

(Signed) Woodrow Wilson. 



The Vice President's Chamber, 

Washington, January li, 191S. 
My Dear Mrs. Brady: There is nothing one can say to you 
now which will help in the least. Mrs. Marshall and I had so 
great a regard for the Senator that we can understand something 
of your loss and can sympathize genuinely with you. 
Sorrowfully, yours, 

(Signed) Thos. R. Marshall. 



[Telegram from the governor of Idaho.] 

Boise, Idaho, January 15, 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Washington, D. C: 
State of Idaho sends words of condolence in your bereavement 
in the loss of your life partner. Idaho feels with you in the 
passing of the illustrious statesman, governor, Senator, first citi- 
zen of Idaho. Idalio asks permission to take cliarge of his re- 
mains, bring them back to the State lie so loved and honored by 
his citizenship and public service, that they may lie in state 
in the capitol at Boise and his people have the privilege of tak- 
ing a last farewell look upon the man who did so much for 
Idaho. 

M. Alexander, Governor. 



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[Telegram from State Defense CounciL] 

Boise, Idaho, January 15, 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Washington. D. C: 
The Idaho State Defense Council, now In session at Boise, by 
unanimous resolution express to you their sincere sympathy in 
tliis dark hour of bereavement in the loss of your husband, who 
has done so much for the development and uplift of the great 
State of Idaho. May God comfort your heart. Full resolution of 

council follows by mail. 

JoSKPH Hansen, 

Secretary Stale Defense Council. 



[Telegram from Council of Women Voters.] 

Boise, Idaho, January H. 191li. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Washington, D. C: 
The Boise chapter of the National Council of Women Voters 
desire to express their sympathy, deploring the untimely death 
of Senator Brady, and at the same time express their realization 
that in his passing women and their cause have lost one of their 
best and most dependable friends. 

Mary C. Joy, Secretary. 



[Telegram.] 

PocATELLO, Idaho, January 15, 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Thirty-fifth Street and Woodley Road, Washington, D. C: 
With the sentiment that comes from association and friendship 
of long standing, and appreciating the great worth as a citizen, 
substantial purpose as a community factor, and thorough cfTorl 
and full ,\mericanisni of Senator Br.\dy, and his forceful, 
slauncli, ami unswerving loyalty to any cause he espoused, com- 
munal or otherwise, wc realize with you a loss that is irreparable 
alike to yourself, the State and his home city, his friends and 
companions, and we convey to you an expression of grief that is 
mutual. 

I'ocalello Commercial Chil). by .\. C. Ilickley, president; 
city of I'ocalello, .\. B. Hean, mayor; W. II. Cleare, 
Chas. C. Sumner, 0. W. Church. P. C. O'Mallev. H. S. 
TscIuuIn. Tlieo. Turner, citizens' committee, and 
the comnuinitv. 

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[Telegram.] 

PocATELLo, Idaho, January 20, 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Washington, D. C: 
The people of Pocatello, assembled in memorial service, desire 
to express to you their respect for your honored companion who 
has departed this life, to say to you in all sincerity how we de- 
plore his loss, how we appreciate his service to his State and 
country, and how we honor his memory for his good wbrks and 
splendid patriotism. His fellow citizens desire also to convey 
to you their heartfelt sympathy and to ask God's blessing upon 
you. 

A. C. Hinckley, 
Chairman of the Meeting. 



[Telegram from the Congregational Church.] 

Pocatello, Idaho, January li, 191S. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Woodley Road, Washington, D. C: 
The members and friends of the First Congregational Church 
hereby desire to express their sincere sympathy in your bereave- 
ment. 

First Congregational Church. 



[Telegram from Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.] 

Pocatello, Idaho, January 16, 191S. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

Washington, D. C: 
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Pocatello use 
this means of expressing to you their tenderest sympathy in your 
hour of deepest grief. We feel the uselessness of words to gild 
that sorrow upon the tenderest heart. The deepest shadows fall 
upon this day. Our hearts blossom in gratitude as we lovingly 
remember him upon whose brow death has placed the laurel 
wreath of fame. In your loss we attach a tender significance 
that is only felt and understood by those whose hearts have been 
touched by the mystic cord that binds all Elks in one great 

brotherhood. 

Pocatello Lodge, No. 674, B. P. O. E. 



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[Telegram froiu county commissioners.] 

MoiNTAiN Home, Idaho, January 1i. 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Ba\iJY, 

Washitiylon, D. C: 
The people of Elmore County deeply sympathize with you in 
the loss of your illustrious husband. He came to us as a friend 
when we sorely needed a friend, and gave us freely of his great 
ability and of his means. No section of Idaho feels more keenly 
or regrets more sincerely his loss. 

Board of Cointy Commissioners, 

Elmore County, Idaho. 
Geo. a. Butter, Chairman. 



[Telegram from PtK-atcllo Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles.] 

Pocatello, Idaho, January I'l. 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Brady, 

M'ashinglon, I). C: 
There is great sorrow in the hearts of the ofBcers and members 
of Pocatello Aerie, No. 119, to-day. The .Mlwise Father has seen 
fit to separate us for the time being from our dearly beloved 
and highly esteemed Senator and brother, James H. Brady. May 
God in His infinite wisdom and mercy comfort you in this your 
hour of greatest grief. Every oflicer and member of Pocatello 
Aerie, No. 119, Fraternal Order of Eagles, is at your service. 

J. .\. IIocgan. 



[Telegram frimi Idaho State Crange.] 

Hi I'lUT, Idaho, January /.). 1918. 
Hon. William E. Boiuh, 

Washington. D. C: 
The State Grange of Idaho in annual session desire that you 
express to the family of the late Senator Br.\dy sincere appreci- 
ation of his firm stand on the right side of every <|uestion wliere- 
in the hi llerment of the American farmer was involved. Every 
Idaho home joins in sorrow because of his demise and in praise 
of his excellent work for his country and State. 

W. W. Dkai.. 
Maslrr Idaho .Slate Grange. 



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PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. 

Whereas in the wisdom of Divine Providence there has been 
taken from amongst the people of the State of Idaho the illustri- 
ous citizen, former governor, and United States Senator, Hon. 
James H. Brady, and in whose death the State has suffered an ir- 
reparable loss and the people are bowed in grief and submission 
to that decree from which there is no appeal; and, 

Whereas all that is mortal of that man, James H. Brady, will 
be laid at rest on Wednesday afternoon, January 16, 1918, at 3 
o'clock, at the city of Washington; and in order that the people 
of the State of Idaho may have the opportunity to pay tribute 
to the memory of the man who has so highly served the State: 

Now, therefore, I, Moses Alexander, governor of the State of 

Idaho, do hereby ask that all flags upon all buildings throughout 

the State be floated at half-mast and that the people gather in 

their places of worship to join with his family and the Nation 

to pay tribute to his memory and by such other suitable tributes 

as are in keeping with the feelings of the citizenship of our State 

and the memory of the departed one who has done so much for 

Idaho and whom the people honored so highly, our dear departed 

friend and citizen, Hon. James H. Brady. 

M. Alexander, Governor of Idaho. 
Attest : 

W. T. Dougherty, Secretary of State. 



[State of Idaho, State board of land commissioners, office of the register, Boise, 

Idaho.] 

Whereas the Divine Power which dominates and rules over the 
destinies of mankind has seen fit to remove from the living the 
Hon. James H. Brady, United States Senator from the State of 
Idaho; and 

Whereas during his lifetime he was governor of the State of 
Idaho and president of this board of State land commissioners; 
and 

Whereas this board is deeply sensitive of and does greatly ap- 
preciate his life and example, his many acts of kindness, and 
the great concern which he exercised in the interest and the 
welfare of the State of Idaho and of the United States of Amer- 
ica during his term as Senator: Be it 
Resolved, That this board extend its heartfelt sympathy to the 

bereaved widow and members of his family, and express to them 



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the appreciation of his efforts and accomplishments while a mem- 
ber of this board; and be it further 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread in full 
upon the minutes of this board, a copy be delivered to the press, 
and a copy transmitted to the widow of the deceased. 

Ethel E. Redfield, Chairman, 
T. A. Walters, 

ComnUtlee. 



[Report of cominittee on resolutions of State Defense Council upon the death of 
United States Senator Jaues H. Brady.] 

Boise, Idaho, January 16, 1919. 

We, your committee appointed to draw up resolutions upon 
the death of United States Senator J.<^.mes H. Brady, beg leave 
respectfully to submit the following resolutions for your ap- 
proval : 
Whereas the recent dealh of James Henry Br\dv has deprived 

the State of Idaho of the counsels of a man who served wisely 

and well both as its chief executive and as its representative 

in the Nation's highest legislative body: Bo it 

Resolved, That the State Defense Council expresses its sense 
of the loss of a clear-headed pioneer in the development of the 
State's resources, of a strong business man, of a wise statesman, 
and, above all, of an intelligent and progressive man. Be it 
further 

Resolved, That the State Defense Council hereby expresses its 
appreciation of the debt which Idaho owes to Jamks Henry 
Brady for the great pari which he played in ils rapid develop- 
ment, for the high standing in the councils of the Nation which 
he helped to give it. 

Hfsolved. Thai the Slate Defense Council express to the 
bereaved wife and to the otlur members of Ihc immediate family 
of Ibe deceased its sincere sympathy, which the secretary of the 
council is retiiiested to present in the proper manner, accom- 
panied by n copy of these resolutions. 

Respectfully submitted. 

!•'. H. CoooiNC. Chairman. 

J. F. .\ 11^ HIE, 

R. M. DAvmsoN. 
E. I.. Pahkeb, 
G. A. AxLiNi;. 

Committee. 

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[Resolutious of the tity council of Pocatello.] 

Whereas the will of things eternal has ruled the dissolution of a 
citizen, friend, and colaborer, whose sterling effort not only 
was vital to every element of communal welfare, but whose 
association and congenial being gave the inspiration of glad- 
ness and optimism, and carried the gentle influence that the 
sweet song of existence breathed for those who voiced the 
effort and made the living worth the while; and 
Whereas the mystic power that sways the destiny of time and 
eternity has closed the eyes and quieted the soul, has stilled 
the voice and subdued the pulse of a loved companion, a loyal 
citizen, a patriotic resident. United States Senator James H. 
Brady; and 
Whereas, duly cognizant that Pocatello has been visited with a loss 
that the way of time would decree as irreparable, and appreci- 
ating all that it has meant to travel the same road, to go hand 
in hand, in calm and storm, and to awaken to the realization 
that the chain has been ^)roken : Be it therefore 
Resolved, That all the flowers of gratitude accorded to one 
■whose qualities have been for the upbuilding of his fellows are 
not the sole tribute we pay to the memory of him whose genius 
and worth have created for a greater cause that we might better 
appreciate those making existence worth the effort and bask in 
the effulgent rays of progress, development, and advancement 
that have evolved from far-seeing purposes, clear vision, and sub- 
stantial foundation, and resultant from which is great commu- 
nity extension, civic pride, commercial growth, prosperity, and 
the expansive idea for amplification of power; and further 

Resolved, The influence of our beloved fellow citizen, within 
and without the State, was of that high type and character, of 
that forcefulness and utility that not only lived while he breathed 
but is enshrined in the cosmic being of the community after the 
mantle of darkness has closed over its author, and that we are 
to recall that his days of adversity and his era of prosperity 
were fused to the common end of betterment in the simple light 
of citizenship deserving of emulation; and further 

Resolved, In the absence of a loyal friend, an upright citizen, 
a factor of worth, a stalwart servant of the people, a fearless 
champion of right and justice, a loyalist and a patriot in the 
Halls of Congress, that we can but attach to his ashes mute fealty 
and appreciation due to worthy ideas well conceived and failh- 

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fully wrought, strong purpose gently advanced and brought to 
the full temper of tried and trusted steel; and further 

Resolved, That this pledge of faith in his works be sent to 
his widow and that a copy be placed upon the records of this 
body. 

City of Pocatello, 
By A. B. Bean, Mayor. 
[seal.] a. R. Dawson. 



City Clerk. 



[Resolutions of the Renevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Pocatello.] 

Whereas an inscrutable Providence has removed from the sphere 
of earthly activities our distinguished brother and friend, 
James H. Bi\.\dy; and 
Whereas the life of our departed brother exemplified in a strik- 
ing degree those high principles of charily, justice, brotherly 
love, and fidelity for which our order stands; and 
Whereas by the adoption of these principles and virtues and by 
his constant desire and willingness to assist those in need or 
distress he gained great esteem in the hearts of his fellow men 
and high place in the council of his State and Nation; and 
Whereas our departed brother was thus tried and demonstrated 

lo be, above all else, a lover of his country; and 
Whereas his inordinate devotion to the exacting duties of his 
high olFice at the time of his country's great need hastened his 
departure from us; and 
Whereas in his departure the Slate and Nation have lost a nntsc 
and farseeing stalesman and a son whose heart beat ever loyal 
and true: Now, therefore, be it 

Pesolved by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of 
Pocatello, Idaho, in lodge assembled. In order that the sorrow 
we feel at the loss of our distinguished brother and the esteem 
in which we hold him may be made known lo brothers who, in 
their turn, shall come and take our places, and in order that the 
virtues of our brother may be permanently engraved, so far as 
we may accomplish this, that a copy of these resolutions be 
spread upon the minutes of this order; be it further 

UestiliH'd, That a copy thereof be comimmicati'd to the famiU 

of deceased. 

J. 11. I'lilKIISUN. 

M. 1". Ci.i-U)K, 
Wm. Wai.i.in. 
C.ouuuiltff Aitfuiintcd by ICralted linler. 

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[Resolutions in memory of United States Senator James H. Bbadi, member of 
Portneuf Lodge, No. 18, A. P. & A. M.. Pocatello, Idaho, who was called from 
labor at Washington, D. C, Jan. 13, 1918.] 

Whereas the Great Architect of the Universe has decreed to call 
from his earthly labor and activity our fellow craftsman, 
United States Senator from Idaho, Brother James H. Brady; and 
Whereas in the untimely death of Brother James H. Brady this 
order has sustained a loss of one of its most distinguished mem- 
bers, a master builder, whose daily life, endeavor, and service 
exemplified in the highest degree the principles and teachings 
of our order; and 
Whereas our city, State, and Nation has in the death of Brother 
James H. Br.\dy been deprived of his wise counsel, unselfish 
service, and patriotic leadership at a time of need and in the 
hour of national crisis: Be it hereby 

Resolved, That Portneuf Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. M., hereby 
acknowledges its great loss and the sincere grief of its members, 
so many of whom w^ere closely associated with and so well and 
dearly loved the clean, upright, energetic character of the de- 
parted; 

Resolved, That this lodge and order is richer for having had 
the benefit of his advice at its meetings and the pleasure of his 
association at its gatherings in the early days of the lodge, when 
the reciprocal communion meant so much to both, and that the 
lodge has been honored by having retained the membership of 
our illustrious departed brother until the end of his day; 

Resolved, That we as a lodge, and every individual member 
thereof, fully appreciate the great work our brother accomplished 
for the city and State which he helped so much to develop and 
honor; that we feel a pride in the record of our chosen repre- 
sentative in the Capital of the Nation, his patriotic devotion and 
support of the President, and of every measure for the prosecu- 
tion of our righteous war for liberty, for the establishment of 
final and permanent peace, freedom of conscience, materially and 
spiritually, for the pursuit of happiness of all peoples and nations, 
for true democracy of which our heloved order is the great ex- 
ponent and which enters so largely into its teachings and prin- 
ciples; 

Resolved, That we deeply and sincerely sympathize with Mrs. 
Brady and with the close of kin and kindred of our departed 
brother, that they may be assured that we share with them the 



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loss as keenly as though we had suffered the loss of one of our 
own household, that we commend to them the kind care, love, 
and protection of our members whithersoever dispersed, that 
we commend to them the consoling thought and admonition, 
"The will of God is accomplished. So mote it be. Amen "; and 
be it 

Resolved, By the adoption of these resolutions that a copy be 
forwarded to Mrs. Brady, a copy spread upon our minutes as a 
permanent record, and that our lodge shall be draped in mourn- 
ing in honor of the memory of our distinguished departed 
brother. 

Sincerely and fraternally submitted. 

\V.M. Wallin, 
M. F. Cleade, 
D. W. Church, 

Committee. 



[Uecord of proce*dlnKS of Boise Lodge No. 77, Boise, Idaho, Jan. :;i;, 1918, to the 
memory of Brother James H. Bbaoy, deceased.] 

To Boise Lodge 377, I. O. O. F. 

Brothers: In approaching the performance of the duty as- 
signed to us we are profoundly impressed with the fact that the 
loss of our brother, James H. Brady, is not only an affliction to 
our fraternity but a distinct loss to this Nation, where in its 
highest council.s during the crisis through which the world is 
passing he has stood as one of the strongest supporters of the 
administration of our Government in its fight for the world-wide 
riglits of man and for the people of all nations to have a political 
liberty and a voice in their own government. Not alone shall 
we miss him but he will be missed in the councils of the Nation, 
where meet its great sons to determine ami work out the meas- 
ures which will finally protect the rights of men. In the lofty 
and [jalriotic stand which he has taken in the I'nited States Sen- 
ate he has endeared himself to the peo|)lc of thi;. Nation. How- 
ever much we may revere his memory and the value of his 
services, we can not change conditions and must bow to the 
inevitable. Therefore be it 

Resolved, That with an abiding faith in the grandeur of un 
enduring lirotherlnnKl and believing that our .borrow and loss has 
been cliiistenrd and .sanctified l)> his splendid record, be it 



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Resolved, That Boise Lodge, No. 77, Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, bears grateful testimony to the memory of our departed 
brother, that we fully appreciate and commend his good deeds 
and his faithful life and service as worthy of our emulation; be 
it further 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the be- 
reaved widow of our departed brother, and that a copy be spread 
upon the minutes of this lodge, and our charter of the lodge be 
draped in mourning for a period of 30 days. 

Fraternally submitted. 

[seal.] F. B. Kinyon, 

W. R. Reeves, 

Jarad Doolittle, 

Committee. 
Attest : 

Sam Blaine, Recording Secretary. 



[Resolutions by Adah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, No. 8, on the death of 
Hon. James H. Brady.] 

Whereas it has pleased the Almighty Father, the Grand Patron of 
the celestial chapter, Who is all powerful and all merciful, to 
take from our midst our illustrious member. Brother James H. 
Brady, United States Senator from Idaho, and 

Whereas our State and this chapter have sustained a great loss 
in the passing of Brother Br,\dy, who has been so signally hon- 
ored by his people by electing him governor and United States 
Senator, the highest offices in the gift of the State: Therefore 
be it 
Resolved , Thai we express our sorrow at his passing hence and 

extend to his family our heartfelt sympathy in their hour of grief 

and desolation; and be it further 

Resolved, That these resolutions be set out upon our chapter 

records and that a copy be furnished to his wife. 

And we thus express our appreciation of the membership of 

this distinguished citizen and recall his many good deeds as a 

man and an official. 
Fraternally submitted. 

[seal.] Annie B. Lewisberger, 

Emma M. Page, 
J. M. Robinson, 

Committee. 



Attest, February 6, 1918: 



Minnie A. Hall, Secretary. 
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[Oregon Short Line Railroad Young Men's Christian Association.] 

PocATELLO, Idaho, January 21. 191 S. 
Mrs. James H. Brady. 

Washington. D. C. 
My Dear Mrs. Brady-: Inclosed is the following resolution 
passed by the Carpenters' Union a few nights ago: 

" Local Union No. 1258 of Carpenters of Pocatello, Idaho, pass 
resolutions of sympathy and appreciation. We much regret the 
loss of our late deceased Senator, James H. Br.\dy' — our friend, 
Idaho's friend, .\merica's friend, and every laborer's friend. His 
life was a life of force and energy, building up a character that 
has set in motion an influence for a higher and better life that 
will never rest as now rests his own strong body. 

L. F. Holmes, 

Paul Self, 

A. W. Ferguson, 

Commillee. 



Woodmen of the World. 
Free Silver Camp. No. 1G8. 
Pocatello. January 29. 191S. 
.Mrs. Jamf.s H. Brady*. 

Washinijlon. /). C. 
Dkar Madam: Free Silver Camp, No. 168, Woodmen of the 
World, of Pocatello, Idaho, adopted the following resolution 
upon the death of our esteemed neighbor and Senator, James H. 
Br.\.dy : 

" To the officers and memlwrs of Free Silner Camp. So. 16S, 
Woodmen of the ll'or/rf; 
"We, your coniinittee, apjioinled to draft resolutions of con- 
dolence on the dealli of our beloved lu-ighbor and Senator, 
James H. Brady, beg to submit the following: 
" Whereas the Supreme Ruler of the I'niverse, in His infinite 
wisdom, has seen fit to call from our inidsl our beloved neigh- 
bor and Senator, James H. Brady: Therefore be it 
" Hfsolrfd. Tlial l-'ree Silver Camj), No. 168, Woodmen <if the 
Worlil, extend to the bereaved v.iddw our dccpesl sympathy and 
profound condolence, trusting Ihal llu' Divine One will cheer 
uiid sustain her in this her hour of bereavement and sadness; 
und be it further 



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" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the 

widow and that they also be spread upon the minutes of the 

camp." 

Wm. a. McHan, 

Wm. a. Young, 

Thomas Hall, 

James H. Norris, 

Committee. 
Respectfully, yours, 

Free Silver Camp, No. 168, 

Woodmen of the World. 
By WiLLL\M A. Young, Clerk. 



[Capitol Rebecca Lodge, No. 47, I. O. O. F., Boise.] 

Whereas death has once more come into our ranlis and removed 
in the person of United States Senator James H. Brady one of 
the foremost citizens of the State and Nation, and one who dur- 
ing his residence in our midst was very much interested in 
our activities: 

Resolved, That we, the members of Capitol Rebecca Lodge, in 
meeting here assembled, hereby extend to the family of our de- 
ceased brother our most sincere sympathy in this the hour of 
their affliction, and trust they may be consoled by the thought 
that the great work and achievements of our departed brother 
did so much in the upbuilding of our beloved State of Idaho; be 
it further 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be made a part of 
our oflBcial records, that a copy be sent the sorrowing family, 
and that our charter be draped in mourning for a period of 30 

days. 

Olive Jeffries, 

August Johnson, 

E. S. Jeffries, 

Committee Capitol Rebecca Lodge, 

No. 47, /. 0. O. F. 
Dated at Boise February 6, 1918. 



The Vanguard, 
The National Council of Women Voters, 

Tacoma, Wash., January 16, 1918. 
Mrs. James H. Brady. 

Dear Madam: I have been directed to send you the following: 
On January 15, 1918, resolutions were passed by the executive 

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Mk.mohiai. AuDHiissEs: Senator Brady 

board of the National Council of Women Voters, in Tacoma as- 
sembled, expressing deep regret that death had called Senator 
James H. Br\dy from this world to a wider sphere of usefulness. 
Recalling with gratitude the fact that this association owes its 
organization to Senator Ba\DY, it is with a profound sense of 
personal loss that the council begs to tender its sincere sympathy 

to Mrs. Brady. 

Edith Thomas Fr.\nsioli, 

Secretary pro tempore. 



[From Uie African Methodist Episcopal Church.] 
The following resolution was passed by the members of the 
.■\frican Methodist Episcopal Church: 

To the bereaved wife, relatives, and friends of the late United 
States Senator James H. Brady, of the State of Idaho, and resident 
of the city of Pocatello : 

We, the colored citizens of this city, regret very inudi to lose 
such a dear friend in the person of Senator Bkahv, who while 
living proved himself a gentleman and friend to all humanity 
regardless of race and color, therefore the entire colored popula- 
tion of the city of Pocatello, at the .African Methodist Episcopal 
Church, 33G North Third .\venue. unanimously adopted the fol- 
lowing resolutions: 

Whereas .Mmiglity God, in His wise providence, has taken from 
our midst and from the Congress of the United States the soul 
of our beloved Senator, friend, and neighbor; and 
Whereas we feel witli deep regret the loss of such a noble char- 
acter: Therefore be it 

Resolved, That we, the colored citizens of Pocatello, ;i| tlu- lu)ur 
of 8.30 o'clock, Sunday evening, January 20. while assembled fur 
services, show our regret of the shocking and sad loss to us, and 
at the same time our submission to God's will by rising and softly 
chanting ".Nearer, my God, to Thee"; and be it further 

Kcsolvetl, That u copy i>f these resolutions be given to the 
Pocatello Tribune for publication and a copy sent to Mrs. James 
11. Biaily <iii l)i'lialf of the colored citizens of this city. 
Sigiicil ill lii'li;ilf (if said lili/.cns by 

Itev. J. .\. Duncan, 
I'astor Africiiii Mitluidial I'liisctipiil Church, 

:i36 ,Vor//i Third Aviiutv, I'liridflla. Idtdio. 



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RESOLUTION. 

Whereas on January 13, 1918, death claimed the life of Hon. 

James H. Brady, United States Senator from Idaho; and 
Whereas in the parting from life of this distinguished citizen the 

Nation has lost a patriotic servant and the Commonwealth of 

Idaho and the West a loyal, able friend; and 
Whereas, through the death of Hon. James H. Brady, Lewiston and 

this immediate section keenly feels this loss, because of their 

close association with the deceased, whose every effort was at 

all times available to the people of this community in their 

public work: Therefore be it 

Resolved by the Lewiston Commercial Club, That this organiza- 
tion joins with the people of the State in mourning the passing 
of James H. Brady; and be it further 

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transcribed on the 
permanent records of the Commercial Club and that the original 
be sent to the widow of the deceased. 

Adopted by the Lewiston Commercial Club January 22, 1918. 

P. R. Bevis, 
President Lewiston Commercial Club. 
Jessie Adam, 

Secretary. 



To Mrs. James H. Brady : 

A solemn occasion reminds us that Idaho has suffered the loss 
of her foremost citizen and the Nation a genuine statesman at a 
time when dependable men, in high places, are needed. 

In obedience to the Divine will, James H. Brady has been re- 
moved from earth and its associations, but though he be dead, 
shall he not live again? 

His voice has been stilled, his activities have ceased; yet in 
everything that means the upbuilding of the State he so much 
loved, in everything that calls for unselfish, patriotic devotion to 
the principles of true Americanism, we may well imagine that he 
still lives; that he still counsels us to forget everything, and to 
live only for the purpose of furthering the cause of a world-wide 
humanity. 

He died at his post of duty, amid conditions that try men's souls 
and that put to the utmost test every fiber of our national life. 



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Silent is our departed friend and brother now, but could his 
voice be heard again for each of us he would utter this solemn 
exhortation: 

" So live, that when thy summons comes to join 
That innumerable caravan that moves 
To that mysterious realm, where each must take 
His chamber in the silent halls of death, 
Thou go, not like the quarry slave at night. 
Scourged to the dungeon; but sustained and soothed 
By an unfaltering trust; approach the grave 
IJke one who wraps the drapery of his couch 
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." 

Moscow CiiAMBKii OK Commerce, 

By W. F. MORGAREIDGt, 

F. F. Parsons, 

A. H. OVERSMITH, 

Cummitlee. 



[Resolution adopted hy the Joint conference of Atrrtcultural, I.lve Stock, Irriga- 
tion, and Kn{;lneerin£ Soclotlei of Idaho, In conventloD aBsembled at Idaho 
Falls, Jan. 14 to 19.] 

Resolved, Tliat in the passing of Senator Brady the people of 
Idaho have lost the aid and advice of one of the pioneers of the 
irrigated section of the State. We take this occasion to express 
our appreciation of his great service to this State in the develop- 
ment and upbuihiing of the Snake River Valley. 

[Resolutiuus Idaho Council of Women Voter*.] 

Whereas all that was mortal of our friend Ja.mi;s II. Huahy has 
been removed from our view, while the immortal part of him 
has been transferred to a sphere of unrestricted activity and 
enlarged usefulness: Therefore be it 

Kesolved by the Sational Cdiincil of Women Volers in Idaho, in 
rei/tdar meeting assembled, That in llie passing over of Ja.mi:s H. 
Hhady, former governor of Idaho and late Senator from Idaho to 
the Congress of the I'liiled Stales. Idaho has been deprived of the 
services of a useful, able, and energetic public servant and the 
country of a devoted and intensely loyal citizen. The National 
Council of Women Voters of Idaho will ever hold in grateful 
remembrance Senator Urauy's generous and liberal aid, while 
govvruur of the State, to the national orgiinizutiou uf women 

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voters, since, as governor, he officially invited tlie governors of 
the suffrage States to each send a representative woman to a 
meeting held at Tacoma on January 14, 1911, then and there to 
effect the national organization of women voters. Gov. Brady 
himself journeyed to Tacoma and presided at the various sessions, 
and by his presence, business advice, and financial assistance 
helped launch and speed on an even keel the national craft on its 
initial voyage of helpfulness to the cause of the equality of women 
before the law. Be it further 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transcribed upon 
the minutes of the Boise Chapter, Council of Women Voters, and 
a copy thereof sent to Mrs. James H. Brady, together with the 
assurance of our profound sympathy in her bereavement and loss. 



[From the Tacoma (Wash.) Tribune.] 

SENATOR BRADY FRIEND OF SUFFRAGE HERE EMMA SMITH-DE VOE 

RECALLS EFFORTS OF IDAHO STATESMAN. 

In the death of Senator James H. Brady, of Idaho, the National 
Council of Women Voters loses the western statesman who was 
chiefly responsible for its formation and who was one of the 
stanches! friends of suffrage in the West. Mrs. Emma Smith-De 
Voe, of Tacoma, intimate friend of Senator and Mrs. Brady, Tues- 
day recalled some of the circumstances attending the stirring 
scenes when the State of Washington adopted woman suffrage in 
1910. Senator, then Gov. Brady, of Idaho, has been her chief ad- 
viser during that memorable fight. 

After the victory Mrs. De Voe went to Boise, Idaho, for one 
more conference in the governor's mansion. There before the 
blazing logs in his wide fireplace they held council. When it 
was over Gov. Brady issued this call to the governors of the other 
four suffrage States : 

" Whereas on November 8, 1910, the electors of the State of 
Washington voted a constitutional amendment giving the women 
of that State the right of suffrage, making five States west of the 
Missouri River that have placed this God-given right in their 
hands; 

" I, James H. Brady, governor of the State of Idaho and chair- 
man of the advisory board of Washington campaign committee 
of said State, believe that the time has arrived when the enfran- 
chised women of the West should extend a helping hand to their 

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sisters in the eastern and other States in securing the ballot, and 
I hereby call a convention, to be held in the city of Tacoma, 
Wash., on January the 14th, 1911, for the purpose of organizing 
an association of national scope of the women voters of America, 
and I hereby appoint Margaret S. Roberts, of Boise, Idaho, as dele- 
gate to said convention, with full power to act on all matters 
coming before the same, and I respectfully request the governors 
of all the States where women have the right of suffrage to ap- 
point one delegate to said convention, with authority to organize a 
national association." 

There was prompt concurrence by all the governors, each of 
whom named and duly authorized a woman commissioner for this 
important meeting. Gov. Brooks, of Wyoming, named Mrs. Zell 
Hart Doming, of Cheyenne; Gov. Shafroth, of Colorado, named 
Mrs. Mary C C. Bradford, of Denver; Gov. Spry, of Utah, named 
Mrs. Susa Young Gates, of Salt Lake City; and Gov. Hay, of Wash- 
ington, named Mrs. Virginia Wilson Mason, of Tacoma. 

These commissioners met on the morning of January 1-1, 1911, 
Gov. Brady himself calling them to order and stating the object of 
the meeting. The scene was laid in the large colonial home of 
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Mason, in Tacoma, and there was organized 
the National Council of Women Voters. 

The first officers elected were: President, Mrs. Emma Smith-De 
Voe, Tacoma; vice president at large, Mrs. Harriet G. R. Wright, 
Denver, Colo.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bertha Knatvold 
Kiftilsen, Tacoma; recording secretary, Mrs. Leona Carlee, Boise, 
Idaho; treasurer, Dr. Cora Smith King, Seattle, Wash.; auditor, 
Mrs. C. H. McMahon, .Salt Lake City. Utah. 



liDlTOBIAL COMMENTS. 

[From thr Idaho Statrsman, Dolse.] 

When a summary is made of llie careei- of Jamks H. Biunv, the 
United Stales Senator over whose death the people of Idaho mourn 
to-day, those who knew him i)ersonally will be apt to give prece- 
dence to his personality rather than to the record which he made 
as a highly successful business man or to the political record 
which kept him prominently before the public. It will be the 
kindly, generous, and sympatlietic side of the man, whose charity 
was unstinted and who was always willing to help, which will be 
eniphasi/ed by his friends and associates, and even by those 
who knew lilm only slightly. 

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Many sections of southern Idaho are to-day enjoying a pros- 
perity and a development whicli are directly attributable to Sena- 
tor Brady's business sagacity. His great successes in large ven- 
tures were made on projects which benefited the people of the 
State as well as himself, and any one of several of his projects 
would be monument enough for an ordinary man. 

Whatever Senator Brady put his hand to he directed with an 
earnestness and a continual pressure that brought results. This 
is as true of his political activities as it is of his personal busi- 
ness affairs. While he was governor of Idaho he was a man who 
pushed things along — got things done, and when he was ad- 
vanced to the larger sphere of usefulness in Washington this 
same spirit was manifest. Thousands of his constituents can 
testify to his earnest services in departmental matters at the 
National Capital. He accomplished things and was preeminently 
a builder, and always he had a sincere love for Idaho and a 
genuine concern for the welfare of the State. 

\\'Tien the Nation became involved in the great war Senator 
Brady immediately aligned himself as a whole-hearted supporter 
of the administration. Victory over Germany and the future 
safety of his country — those were the things to which he gave 
unstintedly of time and labor and thought. 

No one knew better than Mr. Brady himself the personal danger 
to his health which his hard work on the Military Affairs Com- 
mittee of the Senate entailed. His physicians warned him that 
overexertion would inevitably shorten his life, and many of his 
friends urged upon him the advisability of a moderate slowing 
down of his many activities. To these pleas Senator Beiady 
replied that his own life was a matter of minor importance and 
that he must give to his country without stint the best work of 
which he was capable. 



[From the Boise Evening Capital News.] 
PASSING OF SENATOR URADY. 

A public official is soon forgotten by the public unless he be 
among the few who has stood out with national distinctiveness. 

A builder lives in the public mind, for his monuments are ever 
in evidence. 

It was as a constructive genius in the field of industry that the 
late United States Senator Brady, of Idaho, will be the longest held 

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in public remembrance, not that he had not served to the fullest 
capacity permitted by failing health, nor that he had not suc- 
ceeded in performing genuine service for his State in the national 
hall of legislation, but because of the visualization of his industrial 
activities. 

Senator Brady's constructive eflorts were not always as success- 
ful as he would have had them, nor as profitable to himself as the 
public assumed, but they all helped build up his State. They en- 
couraged other investment and additional population. 

The Senator was a tireless worker in private life, and in public 
life until ill health forced him to slow down, but, even though 
gripped by a fatal malady, he went on in both capacities, and 
undoul)tedly his end was hastened by continuation of his business 
activities at a time when he should have been in practical retire- 
ment. 



.Trom Uic Pocalello Tribune.] 

It is extremely difficult for those who were so closely asso- 
ciated as friends with the late Senator James H. Brady to recon- 
cile themselves to the belief that he is dead, and the thought insists 
that he is simply away on his duties and will return. But the 
calm consciousness dawns that when he does return it will not be 
as the keen, active, optimistic individual whose life and energies 
were so closely interwoven with the alVairs of the State, and more 
particularly those of his home town, Pocatello, where for years 
his name and operations stood constantly and firm for uplift and 
upbuilding. His keen perception, ([uick decision, and great en- 
ergy are lost to the Stale, and as the days go along it is only loo 
strongly realized that the loss is very great. 

No public man in years has droijpcd from the ranks of human 
endeavor whose work and activity will be missed toso great a 
degree by llic people of Idaho as thai of Senator Biuuv. His 
elfort, friendship, and wealth had an inllucnce and lirni hold on 
nearly every comiiuinily in tlie State, and it was ever his ambition 
to advance the work of the people, lo further the aspirations of a 
locality, and to follow out the theory of " making! two blades of 
grass grow where hut one grew before." 

Mis dynamic force was the constant admiration of those who 
kiU'W him intimately. .No wa> was too long or no night too dark 
to III' of service tip a svorthy individual or a deserving project, 



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and he possessed the wonderful vitality and decisive action to 
dispose of a monumental bulk of affairs in remarkably short time. 
A study of his methods of many years readily inclines one to the 
belief that he could not have been constituted otherwise and 
accomplish so many successes in 20 years' time. He was never 
known to drift on any process, and was quick to act either for 
or against. 

It was his vast grasp of situations and affairs, the fine purpose 
of associating with him the best elements of society at large, that 
at all times commanded the greatest respect of his opponents. 
And aside from the cause of party, it is recalled that one of the 
characteristics most strongly appealing to his great circle of ad- 
herents was his stern avoidance of radicalism on any subject. 
He gave and took with all his forces. His radical Republicanism, 
however, left no doubt as to his exact stand with the party under 
any and all conditions, and his firmness and personal activity 
have on more than one occasion contributed very vitally to 
snatching victory from the claws of apparent defeat. 

As time drifts along we rather surmise that the things built by 
James H. Brady will become of greater moment than they ap- 
peared when he was alive. He had that master constructive mind, 
and coupled it with his wealth to produce results for greater and 
better times. 

Eulogy is not essential. He had much of eulogy while yet he 
breathed, but now " flowers on coffins laid impart no incense to 
departed days." 

And one would almost deny the cause of the inscrutable way 
of fate to remove so potent a citizen in the good golden period of 
moderate years, and his memory will abide with us and his con- 
structive genius live for aye, and rather than contemplate that 
he is gone for all time, while facing such stern fact, a pleasant 
memory would rather deduce : 

" Like one who wraps the mantle of his couch about him anti 
lies down to pleasant dreams." 



[From the Weiser Signal.] 
DEATH OF SENATOR BRADY. 

In the death of Hon. James H. Brady- the State of Idaho has 
suffered the loss of one of her most energetic and constructive 
citizens. He was a builder and has left many monuments to his 
enterprise, thrift, and business forethought. 

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As a ijublic ofDcial he was hard working and energetic, and his 
intense loyalty to his country was his guiding star in the per- 
formance of public duty. His services in the Senate have been 
especially valuable since war was declared, and, although in poor 
health, he remained at his post of duty and died literally lighting 
for civilization and democracy. 

The Signal has not supported Senator Bau>v in all of his under- 
takings, but we have admired his forcefulness and staying qual- 
ities, and sincerely join in u tribute to his many good qualities 
and the service he has rendered the State. 



(From the Moscow Daily Star-Mirror.] 
LOVAL SENATOR BltAUY. 

Idaho has one special reason for honoring the memory of Ja.mks 
H. Brady. All through the critical times leading up to the declara- 
tion of war, and more particularly after that declaration. Senator 
Brady was right. All the ability he had, all the influence he com- 
manded, he threw whole-heartedly on the side of his country. 
The Government did not move as rapidly as he thought it should 
have moved in preparations for war; the break with Germany 
did not come as soon as he thought it should have come, but he 
did not for an instant permit this feeling to interfere with his 
loyal support of his country. His every act and every utterance 
was governed by the firm conviction that the Government- -the 
men in positions of power and responsibility in the Nation — 
were entitled to the earnest support of every citizen in the land. 
An intense partisan. Senator Brady was willing to lay his partisan- 
ship aside for the time in order that his country might present a 
solid front to the common enemy. Out of harmony with some 
of the tilings the Government was doing, he was willing to leave 
the correction of these minor things until after the main issue 
was decided — until the war was won. On the alert always to 
make political capital out of the mistakes and weaknesses of the 
opposition, and always ready to advance the interests of his 
own party, Senator Biudv suppre.ssed his political desires in 
order that the best interests of his Nation might go forward. 
Idaho will remember these things. Citizens of the Stale will 
place this record to the credit of the departed Senator, and they 
will honor his memory for the patriotic course he pursued in 
the supreme crisis of the Nation. 

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[From the Wallace Miner.] 
DEATH OF SENATOR BRADY IS GREAT LOSS TO IDAHO. 

Reports of the condition of Senator James H. Brady for a week 
or more fully prepared the people of Idaho for the news of his 
death, but it did not lessen the profound and universal sorrow 
with which it was received. Although long prominent In the 
business and political affairs of Idaho, it was not until he entered 
the United States Senate that his highest and best qualities were 
recognized by the people of his State. Senator Brady was first 
elected to serve the unexpired term of Senator Heyburn, who 
also died at his post of duty in the National Capital, and was 
the last Senator chosen by the State legislature. Upon the ex- 
piration of his term Senator Brady was elected for a full term of 
six years by popular vote and had three years to serve at the 
time of his death. Like his distinguished predecessor. Senator 
Brady was a native of Pennsylvania. He was educated in the 
public schools and in the State Normal School at Leavenworth, 
Kans. He taught school for three years, edited a newspaper for 
two years. He came to Idaho in 1895, locating in Pocatello, which 
has since been his home. He was chairman of the Republican 
State central committee during the campaigns of 1904 and 1908. 
He was chairman of the Idaho delegation to the Republican 
national conventions in 1900 and 1908. He was elected governor 
of Idaho in 1908. On January 24, 1913, he was elected Senator 
by the legislature, and on November 3, 1914, he was reelected by 
popular vote. 

In the Senate Senator Brady at once earned recognition from 
his colleagues by his ready grasp of big questions, and while not 
an orator he nevertheless had the faculty of expressing his views 
with vigorous clearness, which never failed to impress his hearers. 
He was a tireless worker, and his unwillingness to abandon his 
work and take a needed rest no doubt accounts for his untimely 
death. The most humble citizen of Idaho had a firm friend in 
Senator Brady, and hundreds of prospectors, homesteaders, and 
others in all parts of the State will attest to his prompt and faith- 
ful attention to matters in which they were concerned in the 
various departments. With his service in the Senate he had 
steadily grown in the esteem of the people of Idaho, who watched 
with satisfaction his expanding influence in that body. At the 
time of his death he was the ranking member of the Committee 



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on Military Affairs and was one of the subcommittee which 
framed the law creating the great National Army we see to-day. 
Although not in accord with the President on many questions 
pertaining to the attitude of this country toward the European 
war, he never faltered in giving the administration the most loyal 
support in declaring war and in all measures necessary to bring 
speedy victory to American arms. 

In the death of Senator Br.\dy Idaho has lost not only a faithful 
and forceful representative in the Senate but a citizen who has 
contributed much toward shaping the political and industrial 
destinj of the State. 



[From the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman Review.] 
SENATOR BRADY'S DEATH A NATIONAL LOSS. 

In the death of J.ames H. Brady Idaho has lost, as Senator 
Borah says, " a hard-working and faithful Senator." But his 
death is more than a State grief; it is a loss to the Nation. 

As member of the Senate Committee on Military .Affairs and of 
the subcommittee that conducted extended hearings in December, 
I'JIG, on universal military training, Senator Biwdy had amassed 
a fund of military knowledge and had developed a keen and 
intelligent understanding of preparedness problems that the Na- 
tion can ill allord to lose in this hour of trial. 

For six weeks this subcommittee held laborious sessions daily. 
Senator Bil\uy was in constant attendance, and his innumerable 
questions and comments revealed a keen and able mind and a 
high spirit of .American patriotism. 

lie had no pacifist delusions, lie wanted to strengthen the 
Hegular Army, federalize the National Guard, and develop a demo- 
cratic system of universal training. He wanleil to carry physical 
(raining into the schools, fur the benclit uf both the girls and the 
boys, and he believed that in the period of military training of 
the young manhood of the country vocational education should 
be linked up witii military drill and instruction. 

Senator Biudv understood early that wc could not ade(|uatcly 
build up the Army and Navy with the volunteer system and thai 
resort to the draft was advisable. When (ien. Scott, Chief of 
Stuff, was before the committee Senator Brady brought out in a 
series of questions the fad that " the ("lovcrninenl had made every 
j>ossible effort to get good men to volunteer In the service"; that 

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extraordinary efforts had been resorted to in recruiting; and that 
the men were not coming in the desired numbers. 

" This seems to indicate to me," was his conclusion, " that it is 
a very true statement that it is going to be impossible, under exist- 
ing conditions, to secure these volunteers. 

" We need, and need immediately, a system for the training of 
men, and we should push forward the manufacture of munitions 
and equipment with all possible speed. The lessons of the pres- 
ent militia mobilization, with its incompleteness of equipment, 
its shortages in all directions, extending to the present moment 
in many things — in the matter of clothing, shortage of artillery, 
shortage in various directions — all indicate the need of a sys- 
tematic and well-thought-out preparation, and that without delay." 

Senator Br.\dy promptly voiced his approval of that expert 
counsel. 

When another witness said that there were already a number 
of excellent military training schools in the country Senator Brady 
remarked : 

" The trouble with that is that it is simply in local places. It 
does not apply generally to the people of the United States. Now, 
that would be something like our baseball games and our football 
games, where 18 or 25 take their physical exercises and 25,000 or 
30,000 sit in idleness and watch them perform. We want to find 
some method by which we can give a reasonable amount of 
physical training to all the youths of the United States." 

It was unfortunate for the Nation that Senator Brady's health 
broke under the severe strain of his conscientious labors. He 
tried to meet all the exacting demands on his time and thought 
from his home constituency and at the same time master the gi-eat 
problems before the American people. With the possible excep- 
tion of Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, it is doubted if any 
other Senator had a broader or more intelligent grasp of the mili- 
tary needs of the Nation 



[From the Salt Lake City Herald-Republican,] 
JAMES H. BR,VDY. 

In the death of Senator James H. Br.m)y the West loses an able 
and vigorous champion and Idaho a statesman who was a big 
factor in its industrial and agricultural development. Senator 
Brady stood by the West at every turn of the road, and he had an 
unfailing faith in the future of his adopted State. He came to 

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Memori.vl Addiiesses: Senator Brady 

Idaho less than a quarter of century ago, a stranger willing to do 
his part. 

It is a fine tribute to the western spirit, as well as to Senator 
Brady's ability, to note the progress made by him in a compara- 
tively short period of time. Rising from the ranks, he was elected 
governor of the State. Later he was appointed to fill the un- 
expired term of United States Senator Heyburn, deceased, and in 
1914 he was reelected by popular vote. 

The death of Senator Brady brings about a rather important 
political situation. Gov. iUexander will appoint a Democrat to 
serve until next November, at which time Idaho will elect two 
Senators instead of one. But whoever is appointed and whatever 
may be the result of the November election, Senator Brady has 
left a fine record of achievement, that may well be emulated by 
his successor. 

Only a few days ago the West suffered a similar loss in the 
death of Senator Ncwlands, of Nevada. He, too. was a man who 
held the interests of the West close to a warm heart, and his ex- 
perience, together with his alignment with the majority in Con- 
gress, made him an important factor in legislation. The State of 
Utah will share to an extent the loss sustained by the adjoining 
States of Idaho and Nevada. 



[From the New York Evening Sun.] 
THE LATE SENATOR BRADY. 

The United States, and particularly the State of Idaho, suffered 
a distinct loss in the death of Senator Jamts H. Brady, who died 
in Washington on Sunday. Like the late Senator Newlands, of 
Nevada, who predeceased him a short time ago. Senator Br.u)y 
was a conspicuous figure on important committees although repre- 
senting a more or less inconspicuous State. 

The Idaho statesman was an example of what is best in .\meri- 
can public life. Born in humble circumstances, he rose by his 
own efforts to the governorship of the State of his adoi)tion, and 
finally was elected and reelected to the Senate of the United States 
to represent that State whose Interests were always nearest his 
heart. 

Tarlicularly does the woman-suffrage movement lose a friend in 
Senator Buadv, who as long ago as I'.IIO jiublicly advocated the 
onfranchisenienl of women, and at the time of his death was chair- 
man of the National Council of Women Voters. 

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[From the Salt Lake City News.] 
WEST DOUBLY BEREAVED. 

The West has suffered two severe losses recently in the death 
of capable and favorite sons chosen to represent this section in 
the national halls of legislation. In both instances Utah people 
have sensed an almost direct and personal bereavement, for in 
each case the Commonwealth that was more immediately bereft 
is our next-door neighbor — Nevada on the west and Idaho on the 
north. 

The late Senator Newlands, of the former State, was a power in 
the upper House of Congress, a legislator whose experience and 
penetrating habit of mind caused his utterances to be listened 
to with respect and his influence to be far-reaching and potenL 
Upon those subjects of national importance in which he special- 
ized — and these, while not necessarily sectional in their char- 
acter, were of peculiar interest to the West — he was an authority 
from whose judgment it was seldom possible to take logical ap- 
peal. Among the large men who foregather at Washington to do 
the Nation's business he always held his own on all occasions, 
in some respects overtopping his colleagues, and reflecting always 
credit upon the State which in honoring him had honored itself. 

Of Senator Brady, of Idaho, whose untimely death is just an- 
nounced, all of the foregoing may also be said, and more. By 
reason of the closeness of business relations between Idaho and 
Utah, their identity of interests, and the intimate sympathy of 
their populations, which have all but dispensed with even the 
imaginary line that marks their respective political boundaries, 
we on this side of the line have been as deeply interested in the 
Gem State's affairs as her own citizens. So when Idaho chose 
James H. Brady to be her governor Utah was well pleased, and 
when he was later sent to the United States Senate his host of 
friends here were as much gratified as were his followers there. 
He had proved his worth, his courage, his manhood — in a word, 
his possession of the attributes that go to constitute the founda- 
tion of human greatness. He had shown himself a stalwart friend 
to Utah's people and interests when friends were needed, standing 
squarely for the right as he saw it, alike against persuasion, popu- 
lar clamor, and partisan threat. In addition to individual admira- 
tion for the man by those who knew him, we of Utah therefore 
should be guilty of ingratitude if we fail to keep his name in 
pleasant memory or fail to join in the sorrow of his own State at 
the loss of a gallant man who has served us all so well. 



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